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Complete cerebral response with sunitinib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a relatively rare cancer, representing 2–3% of the neoplasms in the adult population. Metastasis is in 30% of cases synchronous to the diagnosis of RCC. The most frequent common sites of metastasis include lung, liver, bone, brain and adrenal gland [1]. Brain metastasis from RCC is responsible for significant mortality [2].
RCC is characterized by the inactivation of the von Hippel–Lindau tumour-suppressor gene, which results in the deregulation of hypoxia response genes, including an overproduction of
1 Department of Medical Oncology
2 Department of Radiology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France
* Correspondence to: Dr Stéphane Oudard, Medical Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, 20 Leblanc Street, 75015 Paris, France. (E-mail: stephane.oudard@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr)
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