Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 21, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093378
Keywords
sex and gender; kidney cancer; outcomes; renal cell carcinoma; hormones profile and inflammation; sex-specific disease biomarkers; drug response and resistance
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Men are more frequently diagnosed with kidney cancer than women, with a more aggressive histology, larger tumors, a higher grade and stage, and worse oncological outcomes. Smoking habits and sex steroid hormones seem to have a possible role in explaining these gender disparities. Moreover, the expression of genes involved in tumor growth and immune response in kidney cancer varies between men and women, having an impact on the gender-related response to oncological therapy, such as anti-angiogenic drugs and immunotherapy. Recent advances have been made in our understanding of the molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in kidney cancer, which could partially explain the gender differences, and they are summarized in this paper. However, other key mechanisms, which fully clarify the striking clinical gender-related differences observed in kidney cancer, are not completely understood at present. We reviewed and summarized the most relevant publications about the relationship between gender and kidney cancer. Efforts should be made to progress in bench and clinical research on gender-related signatures and disparities, and their impact on the clinical management of kidney cancer.
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