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2010 ASCO Tumor Boards: Renal Cell Carcinoma
04/02/2010
In this month's Tumor Board, Christopher Wood, MD, FACS, and David Nanus, MD, focus on a patient with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Changes in Renal Cell Carcinoma Symptoms Identified
04/02/2010
Researchers who studied renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cases diagnosed between 1964 and 1997 observed an increase in the proportion of cases diagnosed incidentally during that period as well as a decrease in hematuria and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as presenting symptoms.
Higher vitamin K intake tied to lower cancer risks
04/02/2010
People with higher intakes of vitamin K from food may be less likely to develop or die of cancer, particularly lung or prostate cancers, than those who eat relatively few vitamin-K- containing foods, a new study suggests.
Kidney Cancer Education and Support Meetings
04/01/2010
Nearly 30 meetings are scheduled through June, 2010, in both the USA and Europe, including large, day-long, meetings in Houston and London.
Sunlight Exposure Reduces Kidney Cancer Risk in Men
04/01/2010
Published early online in Cancer the study is the largest case-control study of kidney cancer to investigate the association with occupational sunlight exposure. American Cancer Society (2010, March 8). Occupational sunlight exposure reduces kidney cancer risk in men, study suggests.
Is the Tanning Tax Half Baked?
04/01/2010
The horse-trading that helped win doctorsÂ’ support for the health-care overhaul included replacing a proposed 5% tax on Botox treatments and elective cosmetic procedures with a 10% tax on indoor tanning services.
Pathways involved in Wilms tumor
04/01/2010
Wilms tumor, the most common pediatric kidney cancer, is a pluripotent tumor that arises in kidney specific stem cells and histologically resembles the earliest stages of kidney development.
New diagnostic methods and therapeutics
04/01/2010
We are studying serum and tissue markers that can be used in screening and diagnosis of kidney cancer.
Spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in metastatic renal cell carcinoma
04/01/2010
Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare occurrence in patients with both primary and metastatic lung cancer. Pneumothorax occurring as a complication of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibitor therapy has not been previously described in the medical literature. Sunitinib malate is a VEGFR inhibitor approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. We present a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma manifested as bilateral pulmonary nodules who developed a bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax 3 weeks after initiation of sunitinib therapy.
Surveillance of renal cortical neoplasm an option in some elderly
04/01/2010
Active surveillance for renal cortical neoplasm is a "reasonable treatment option" in older patients with comorbid illness, according to a single-center report from Columbia University in New York.
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