Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy: Effect of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Bergerot P, Bergerot C, Philip E, Meza L, Dizman N, Hsu J, Pal S. Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy: Effect of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Kidney Cancer 2019, 3: 63-70. DOI: 10.3233/kca-180047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitorHigher body mass indexBody mass indexLower body mass indexMedian overall survivalOverall survivalMass indexMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaEffect of BMIRenal cell carcinoma patientsImproved overall survivalCell carcinoma patientsBetter overall survivalKaplan-Meier methodContext of immunotherapyRenal cell carcinomaPatients 66Median OSCarcinoma patientsClinical outcomesHigher BMIRetrospective studyCell carcinomaClinical variables