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Eric Jonasch, MD, on a Novel Therapy for Von Hippel-Lindau Disease–Associated RCC

ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program

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Eric Jonasch, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses phase II study findings on the oral HIF-2α inhibitor known as MK-6482, which showed efficacy and tolerability in patients with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)–associated clear cell renal cell carcinoma as well as responses in other VHL-related lesions (Abstract 5003).



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