Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Jun 2020
[What is new in the diagnosis and therapy of renal cell carcinoma?]
Renal cell carcinomas (RCC) include different tumor entities, of which clear cell RCC is the most common tumor with approx. 75 % followed by the papillary RCC with 10-15 %. RCC are increasingly being diagnosed incidental in the context of abdominal diagnostics from other indications using sonography or cross-sectional imaging. ⋯ The combinations lead to a higher response rate and longer survival. In the second line and subsequent lines, there is no evidence-based data after combination therapies, but drugs can be used that were not yet part of the first-line therapy.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Jun 2020
[Antidiabetic SGLT-2 inhibitors prevent progression of chronic kidney disease].
Several interventional trials that studied cardiovascular safety of antidiabetic drugs in patients with diabetes mellitus and elevated risk of cardiovascular disease suggested potential nephroprotective effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors. Subsequently, the CREDENCE study confirmed reduced progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) towards dialysis-dependency in diabetic patients with mildly or moderately impaired glomerular filtration rate and high albuminuria. ⋯ The final publication of DAPA-CKD is expected in late 2020. Parallelly, new treatment guidelines from the Kidney-Disease:-Improving-Global-Outcomes (KDIGO)-Initiative will recommend SGLT-2 inhibitors as standard treatment for CKD patients with diabetes mellitus, even though these drugs are not yet licensed for patients with moderately-to-severely reduced renal function.