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Bludau family thankful for support
01/23/2009
The fundraiser for Luke Bludau, a Serene Hills Elementary kindergartener with kidney cancer, drew more than 200 children and their families.
Health boards ordered to fund four kidney cancer drugs
01/22/2009
The drugs, Sutent, Nexavar, Avastin and Torisel, havent yet been approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) for use in the NHS.
Robot powers kidney surgery
01/18/2009
S. Duke Herrell, M.D., associate professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has performed the first robotic laparoscopic kidney cancer surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Afinitor® Phase II Trial Results Positive
01/17/2009
Afinitor is being studied in multiple cancer types including advanced kidney, breast and neuroendocrine tumors and lymphoma.
Advances in Renal Cancer Journalists Award: closing date for applications
01/16/2009
Bayer HealthCare and the Association of German Medical Journalists (VDMJ) have jointly announced the 2009 Advances in Renal Cancer Journalists Award Europe, which will honor journalists who have dealt with the issue of renal cancer in a critical and objective manner.
Medical miracle: Company helps man fight cancer
01/16/2009
46-year-old Tim Buehner has been battling kidney cancer since last February.
NCCN Receives $4 Million Oncology Research Grant from Wyeth
01/15/2009
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has been awarded a $4 million grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to support clinical studies of temsirolimus (Torisel(R),
Obamacare Could Kill You
01/15/2009
Jack Rosser of South Gloucestershire. Rosser has advanced kidney cancer and would likely benefit from Sutent, a drug widely used in the United States for such patients. Rosser's doctor has said that Sutent could well add years to his life. However, as Bloomberg reports, "The U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) says that's not worth the expense."
Health Reform: Stumbling Blocks Still Remain
01/15/2009
Predicting all of the winners and losers from health-care reform is almost impossible at this stage.
A Way to Spot Cancer Early
01/04/2009
A prototype device employs the same magnetic phenomenon used to write data to computer hard drives.
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