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Our 9th 4-star Rating
11/01/2016
“KCA’s exceptional 4-star rating sets it apart from its peers and demonstrates its trustworthiness to the public,” according to Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator
Getting Into A Clinical Trial
10/27/2016
Just initiating a search on the clinicaltrials.gov site (a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health) raises numerous questions for the lay person...
ObamaCare Accountability
10/26/2016
WSJ: Next year’s enormous price increases are merely the latest expression of ObamaCare’s underlying problems, and the dysfunction is undermining the health security of Americans who lack employer coverage.
The Changing Landscape
10/18/2016
The treatment landscape for advanced kidney cancer has changed dramatically over the past few years, with several targeted drugs and an immunotherapy approved by the FDA.
Kidney Cancer Journal
10/17/2016
Articles include: Rebuilding the treatment paradigm with new pivotal trial data; Statins and targeted therapy
News from ESMO16
10/16/2016
Positive progression-free survival data in patients with previously untreated advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
New Potential First-Line Therapy
10/03/2016
Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the initiation of a global Phase III Clinical Study (Study 307, CLEAR Study) of its in-house developed multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib mesylate (lenvatinib) in respective combination regimens with the anticancer agent everolimus and the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab as a potential first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Research: obesity may prolong survival
10/03/2016
Research has associated obesity as a factor that puts people at greater risk for cancer. This includes an increased risk for kidney cancer for people who are obese. Interestingly, however, once you have kidney cancer if you are obese research has shown that you may live up to 9 months longer...
Is 'immunotherapy' a cancer game-changer?
09/17/2016
Immunotherapy seeks to expose tumours to the cancer-killing power of the human immune system. It was declared “Breakthrough of the Year” by the journal Science in December 2013.
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