TOP - May 2020, Vol 13, No 3

San Francisco, CA—Treatment with the novel agent MK-6482 led to promising results in a phase 1/2 clinical trial of patients with metastatic clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma (RCC).

Of the approximately 18,000 individuals who are diagnosed annually in the United States with biliary cancer, an estimated 8000 are diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), and the 5-year survival rate is less than 20%. CCA is often diagnosed at advanced stages when treatment is only minimally effective.