title: [The medical treatment of renal cancer in adults].
abstract: Cure of adult renal cell cancer can only be obtained by surgery. However, nephrectomy has no effect upon distant metastases. Hormonotherapy is ineffective. Vinblastine is the only chemotherapeutic agent with a certain antitumoral activity. New immunotherapeutic agents such as interferon alpha or interleukin 2 are more promising but their side-effects are not negligible. Medical management of renal cell cancer remains investigational.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sculier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Le traitement médical du cancer rénal de l'adulte.