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Boosting The Immune System To Fight Cancer
04/14/2011
A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body's immune system to fight cancer cells directly, marks the latest step in scientists' efforts to tap the body's own resources to fight the disease.
PSU Dunk Tank Fundraiser to Benefit KCA
04/13/2011
As in previous years, proceeds raised at the dunk tank and canning during Blue-White Weekend will benefit the Kidney Cancer Association.
Human kidneys created from stem cells
04/13/2011
British scientists have created human kidneys from stem cells in a breakthrough which could result in transplant patients growing their own organs.
Vaccine for Advanced Kidney Cancer
04/12/2011
The pivotal Phase III study will evaluate as the primary endpoint the overall survival of advanced renal cell carcinoma patients treated with IMA901 in combination with Pfizer's Sutent(R) (sunitinib malate) versus Sutent(R) alone.
What Causes White Blood Cells in Urine?
04/12/2011
The urinary system under attack does not perform to its optimal level and WBC escape through the urine during this time.
Iranian researchers produce new cancer treatment
04/12/2011
The medicine has successfully been tested for the treatment of breast, bone, liver, and kidney cancer, which are the most resistant cancers...
Breakthrough Kidney Cancer Surgery
04/12/2011
Surgeons at University of Rochester Medical Center in New York state, US, have become the first in the country to use a new infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer.
New Cancer Drug Trial
04/12/2011
"One of the draw backs to the use of interluekin as an anti cancer agent is its toxicity. When given intravenously in the sort of dose that you had to administer to have an effect on kidney cancer, it was extremely toxic and even dangerous..."
Photos From National Survivors Conference
04/11/2011
Snapshots taken during the 2011 National Patients & Survivors Conference held at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Saturday, April 9, 2011.
Vaccine for metastatic renal cell cancer
04/10/2011
Despite novel targeted agents, prognosis of metastatic renal cell cancer (RCC) remains poor, and experimental therapeutic strategies are warranted
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