Initial Patterns of Care With Oral Targeted Therapies for Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma

Short-term and sequential oral targeted therapy use was relatively prevalent among patients with RCC. For patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib, the patterns of short-term use varied by the sequence of medications, suggesting differences in the effectiveness or tolerability of each regimen. These findings highlight the need for future studies to characterize the “real-world” clinical outcomes and economic effect associated with these treatment courses.