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We're known by the company we keep!
03/18/2013
During Kidney Cancer Awareness Month, the Kidney Cancer Association highlights some of the many effective collaborations it has formed with other cancer organizations.
Illinois Residents: Your Help is Needed
03/18/2013
Legislation has been introduced in Springfield that would help open the door to a new generation of medicines that could help treat kidney cancer and other chronic, debilitating diseases.
The Health Benefits of Eating Cod
03/17/2013
The chance of contracting renal cell carcinoma, a common type of kidney cancer, can be reduced to a great extent by including cod fish in the diet.
New study points to the aggressive potential of small kidney tumours, advocates treatment
03/17/2013
Small kidney tumours have an agressive potential and should be treated, according to a the results of a large multicentre study presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress in Milan.
Autocrine production of IL-11 mediates tumorigenicity in hypoxic cancer cells
03/16/2013
IL-11 and its receptor, IL-11Ra, are expressed in human cancers; however, the functional role of IL-11 in tumor progression is not known. We found that IL11 is a hypoxia-inducible, VHL-regulated gene in human cancer cells and that expression of IL11 mRNA was dependent, at least in part, on HIF-1.
National Cancer Institute Division of Extramural Affairs Annual Report
03/16/2013
The annual report contains plenty of good news concerning funding for kidney cancer research projects.
Cancer patients may have to travel further under new plans
03/15/2013
Under the proposals, Barnet patients may have to go to the Royal Free Hospital, in Hampstead, or University College Hospital, in Bloomsbury, central London, for surgery.
Erin Rebo Pikul Creates Awareness for Kidney Cancer
03/15/2013
Pikul’s husband, Frank, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2010. Since that time, he participated in a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, underwent surgery and treatment, and is now doing well. The experience prompted Erin to create the Renal Race as a way to support the research and advocacy of the Kidney Cancer Association.
Highlights from ASCO GU
03/15/2013
The 2013 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held February 14-16, 2013, in Orlando, Florida, focused on multidisciplinary approaches to the prevention, screening, evaluation, and management of genitourinary (GU) cancers.
Phase I Study of an Anti-KIR Antibody in Combination With an Anti-PD1 Antibody
03/15/2013
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of BMS-986015 given in combination with BMS-936558...
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