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Potential kidney cancer cure
06/06/2012
Researchers have discovered a new and exciting cancer treatment that uses the bodys own immune system to help fight the disease.
Bayer says new drug shows promise
06/04/2012
Bayer is testing regorafenib against a number of tumor types including kidney cancer.
ASCO 2012 Abstracts Specific to Kidney Cancer
06/04/2012
A list of abstracts from the 2012 ASCO meeting that mention kidney cancer. Do your own research. Become an empowered patient.
2012 Young Investigator Award Announced
06/03/2012
Martin Voss, M.D., receives KCA/CCF Young Investigator Award at world's largest oncology meeting in Chicago.
VIDEO: National Patient-Survivor Meeting
06/02/2012
Recorded live at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, these videos feature world-renown experts in the treatment of renal cancers.
BMS-936558 Showed Clinical Activity in Kidney Cancer
06/02/2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) today announced interim results from the expanded Phase 1 dose-ranging study 003 (n=296) of its investigational anti-PD-1 immunotherapy (BMS-936558), which showed clinical activity in patients with previously-treated non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Kidney Cancer Association Necklace
06/02/2012
The gorjana Kidney Cancer Association Necklace has been designed especially for The Kidney Cancer Association. 50% of proceeds are donated to The Kidney Cancer Association to help individuals affected by kidney cancer.
Kidney Cancer Patients Report Better Quality of Life With Drug
06/02/2012
While we expected patients would prefer one drug over the other, due to the known side effects, we didnt expect this great a preference, said the studys lead author, Bernard J. Escudier, M.D.
Kidney Cancer Survivors Book Debuts At ASCO
05/31/2012
The world's largest kidney cancer charity, Chicago-based Kidney Cancer Association (KCA), will distribute its newest publication for patients and their families, June 2, 2012, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. 'We Have Kidney Cancer: Survivors Stories ,' offers hope and inspiration to those newly-diagnosed with renal cancers, through a series of interviews with people who have lived for many years with the disease.
Bristol-Myers pushes blockbuster cancer drug
05/31/2012
Initial data indicates that the antibody shrunk tumors in a significant minority of melanoma patients, as well as groups of lung and kidney cancer victims.
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