[Healing and targeted therapies: Management in perioperative period?]

Abstract

Introduction: In the era of new-targeted therapies and neoadjuvant strategies, this article highlights the role of angiogenesis in the process of physiological wound healing with a review of literature about parietal complications under anti-angiogenic therapies.

Methods: Research on Medline was carried out using the terms renal cell carcinoma, angiogenesis, wound healing, targeted therapies, and complications.

Results: The frequency of these complications varies between 5 and 50% in recent series. These results depend on half-lives of each drug and perioperative management (before and after surgical procedure).

Conclusion: In the absence of current recommendations, it is advised to stop bevacizumab at least five weeks before a surgical intervention and to take it back 4 weeks later. For the tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the treatment can be stopped 24-48 hours before the surgery and taken back 3-4 weeks later. Finally, for the mTOR inhibitors, it is advised to stop the treatment 7-10 days before and to take back it at least 3 weeks later.