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Pathological characteristics and prognostic effect of peritumoral capsule penetration in renal cell carcinoma after tumor enucleation
01/18/2014
To evaluate the pathological characteristics of peritumoral capsule (PC) and the prognostic effect of capsule penetration on tumor recurrence in patients treated with tumor enucleation for clinically intracapsular renal cell carcinomas (RCCs).
Obesity associated with tumor indolence in renal cell carcinoma
01/17/2014
Obese patients with renal cell carcinoma tended to have more indolent tumors than normal-weight patients, according to study results.
Studies reveal vitamin D's importance as a cancer-fighting agent
01/17/2014
There is a huge volume of research showing the relationship between vitamin D and cancer.
Patient Resource Cancer Guide: Renal Cell Carcinoma
01/15/2014
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer, accounting for nearly 90 percent of all kidney cancer diagnoses. RCC has several subtypes, which are classified mainly by what the tumor cells look like under a microscope (Table 1). The subtype can both influence treatment choices and help doctors determine whether the cause of the cancer may be an inherited genetic syndrome.
Rexahn Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial of Archexin® in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
01/15/2014
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RNN) a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today the initiation of a Phase IIa clinical proof-of-concept trial to study the safety and efficacy of Archexin® in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Archexin was previously granted Orphan Drug Designation for the RCC indication.
The link between smoking cannabis and lung disease and cancer
01/11/2014
Studies demonstrate the link between smoking marijuana and the increased risk of disease
Rexahn initiates Phase Ib clinical trial of RX-3117 for treatment of solid tumors
01/10/2014
RX-3117 has broad spectrum anti-tumor activity against 80 different human cancer cell lines (including NSCLC, breast, ovarian, pancreas, colon, renal, brain, bladder, cervical) and efficacy in 12 different mouse xenograft models (including colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic and renal cell carcinoma) superior to that of gemcitabine.
Most California Physicians Refuse to See Obamacare Patients
01/10/2014
70% of physicians in California are rebelling against the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange and won't participate--these include top-rated kidney cancer doctors.
Factors affecting survival in 267 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma
01/07/2014
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) frequently metastasizes to the spine, and the prognosis can be quite variable.
NewLink Genetics initiates Phase I renal cell cancer trial
01/07/2014
NewLink Genetics Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, has initiated a first in human Phase I clinical trial of HyperAcute Renal immunotherapy in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer.
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