NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer Updated

NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer Updated to Include Pazopanib for Advanced Disease; Free Webinar Discusses UpdatesThe NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer have been updated to incorporate the recently approved therapy pazopanib as a treatment option for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. In conjunction with this update, NCCN presents a series of free webinars scheduled for the week of November 9, 2009, hosted by an NCCN Guidelines Panel Member to review the information that supported modification of the NCCN Guidelines.FORT WASHINGTON, PA— Following the recent FDA approval of pazopanib (Votrient™, GlaxoSmithKline) for advanced renal cell carcinoma, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ for Kidney Cancer to include pazopanib as a therapy option for patients with advanced kidney cancer. NCCN has developed a new educational initiative, NCCN Guidelines Update Webinar Series™: Kidney Cancer, designed to quickly communicate significant updates and the basis of the NCCN Guidelines. Four webinars are scheduled for the week of November 9, 2009.The FDA approved pazopanib on October 19 for advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer in which cancerous cells invade the lining of small tubes in the kidney called tubules. The therapy works by attacking key proteins involved in cancer tumor growth and survival. The FDA based their decision on the outcome of a phase III, open-...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news