The first, highly anticipated randomized trial of adjuvant antiangiogenic therapy in renal cancer was recently reported. Although far from assuring, data from the adjuvant sorafenib or sunitinib for unfavorable renal carcinoma (ASSURE) trial offer a wealth of insights into the disease, treatments, and biological considerations for studies aimed at risk reduction.
- David D. Chism
- W. Kimryn Rathmell
