Timing of brain metastases development in metastatic renal cell cancer patients treated with targeted therapies and survival outcomes: An Australian multicenter study.
Francis J HaLavinia SpainAnthony DowlingEdmond M KwanCarmel PezaroDaphne DayPuey Ling ChiaBen TranDavid PookAndrew J WeickhardtPublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2019)
In patients with mRCC, the development of BM while on TT portends shorter prognosis compared with synchronous diagnosis of BM at stage IV disease or metachronous BM developed prior to commencing TT. The presence of CNS symptoms does not predict worse survival.