The authors present a 57-year-old woman with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and a tumor thrombus extending into the vena cava. She received neoadjuvant sunitinib, which shrank the tumor thrombus, and enabled laparoscopic radical nephrectomy to be performed. The case highlights the potential of targeted agents before surgery in RCC.
- Lauren C. Harshman
- Sandy Srinivas
- Benjamin I. Chung