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What if we could detect disease on our breath?
02/19/2008
A team of scientists from JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Colorado at Boulder have released a promising study on the correlation between breath and the detection of disease, including kidney cancer.
Two-tier dose of reality
02/18/2008
One London-area man with kidney cancer has access to the treatment he seeks through private insurance, while a second man with the same ailment -- but no private insurance -- is denied the drug he needs.
Actor David Groh, Known for His Role on the 1970s Sitcom 'Rhoda,' Dies at Age 68
02/15/2008
Best known to television viewers as the easygoing man Rhoda Morgenstern married and divorced during the run of Valerie Harper's hit 1970s sitcom, Groh died following his fight with renal cancer.
The more weight you carry on your body, the greater your odds of developing cancer, British researchers report
02/15/2008
In men, such an increase in BMI raised the risk of kidney cancer by 24 percent.
Exelixis Announces Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results
02/14/2008
Presented phase 1 data for second-generation MET inhibitor XL184, selective PI3K inhibitor XL147 and dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor XL765, and phase 2 data for XL880 in papillary renal cell carcinoma and phase 2 data for XL647 in NSCLC in October.
City Holds Valentine's Day Fundraiser For Child Cancer Patient
02/14/2008
Mansfield, Texas, named Thursday "Haley Hart Day" for a 4-year-old who has been battling a common type of childhood kidney cancer.
Kidney cancer drug causes heart failure in some
02/14/2008
Fifteen per cent of patients who took sunitinib, a pill used to treat kidney cancer, developed heart failure, US researchers reported on Wednesday.
The cancer drug lottery
01/11/2008
Fewer than half of English primary care trusts will pay for a new kidney cancer drug called Sutent. Others are reluctant to fork out for the drug. Health Editor Barry Nelson examines a clear case of how the postcode lottery can leave lives in the balance
Radical Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer Linked to Lower Survival in Younger Patients
01/09/2008
Radical nephrectomy carried a twofold increase in mortality risk compared with partial nephrectomy in patients younger than 65 with small renal masses, investigators from the Mayo Clinic found.
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