This document summarizes new strategies for treating renal cancer and their impact on overall survival. It discusses several clinical trials that evaluated targeted therapies like sunitinib, sorafenib, bevacizumab, temsirolimus, everolimus, pazopanib, and axitinib. The selection of the appropriate treatment for each patient subgroup and line of therapy is key to improving patient overall survival. While targeted therapies have increased median progression-free survival and overall survival compared to cytokines, sequencing trials have been inconclusive and real-world outcomes lag behind clinical trials.