Prognostic Biomarkers in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma: Where are We Going from Here?

Gaetano Aurilio ( Medical Oncology Division of Urogenital and Head and Neck Tumours, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy )

Matteo Santoni ( 2.Oncology Unit, Macerata Hospital, via Santa Lucia 2, 62100, Macerata, Italy )

Alessia Cimadamore ( Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, 60126 Ancona, Italy )

Elena Verri ( Medical Oncology Division of Urogenital and Head and Neck Tumours, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy )

Rodolfo Montironi ( Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, 60126 Ancona, Italy )

https://doi.org/10.37155/2717-5278-0301-1

Abstract

Treatment algorithm in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients has rapidly evolved during the last decade, and determining the prognosis of these patients has become a priority step for correctly planning the treatment. In the present article, we firstly address the most currently used prognostic models and how they have changed the treatment algorithm in routine clinical care; then we assess whether patient selection may be improved in the first-line treatment and the usefulness of a prognostic model following first-line failure; ultimately we culminate in new clinical and molecular prognostic factors under investigation. For this last issue, biomarkers for immunotherapy and angiogenesis inhibitors, as well as biomarkers for liquid analysis and for clinical obesity are presented.

Keywords

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma; Patients; Risk factors; Prognostic models; Clinical biomarkers; Molecular biomarkers

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