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Relation of body mass index to cancer risk
06/24/2009
RESULTS: Compared to men of normal weight, obese men had a significantly increased risk of all cancers, including kidney cancer.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center survey on treatment, side effects and quality of life
06/23/2009
A group led by nurse researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has developed a survey to evaluate treatment, side effects and quality of life of kidney cancer patients. A main goal of the survey is to gather side effect information to determine the best methods for managing these symptoms. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
Data Helps to Identify Kidney Cancer Patients Most Likely to Benefit from Treatment
06/21/2009
Advanced renal cell carcinoma, a rare but serious type of kidney cancer, is among the most treatment-resistant tumors. Nearly 58,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with kidney cancer this year and nearly 13,000 people will die from the disease.
Diet can increase risk of kidney cancer
06/20/2009
Eating red meat may increase a person's risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer, while eating vegetables may provide a protective effect, new research in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows.
Sun early in life can cause problems later
06/20/2009
"It was horrible," she said, and Rackley has had to endure other tragedies, such as her husband's death from lung cancer and her father's death from kidney cancer.
Cloak of silence technology could spot small tumors
06/19/2009
A new invisibility cloak for sound could help doctors find tiny tumors or hide submarines from enemy sonar.
AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patent for Predictive Biomarker Used to Identify Human Tumors...
06/19/2009
Men 40% More Likely Than Women to Die of Cancer
06/16/2009
They are also around 70 percent more likely to die from cancers that affect both men and women, such as stomach, liver and kidney cancer.
Improving health care technology adoption
06/16/2009
New medical technologies are often argued to be a leading force behind the growth in health care spending. In order to manage the costs imposed by such technologies and to prioritize health care dollars, both public and private payers have increasingly relied on combined measures of the benefits and costs of new technologies.
2009 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstracts
06/15/2009
List filtered for abstracts pertaining to renal cell carcinoma. The Kidney Cancer Association collaborates with the ASCO Cancer Research Foundation in funding the work of Young Investigators.
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