News Posts List
The connection between kidney cancer and the use of aristolochic acid
10/30/2014
There is aan apparent link between exposure to aristolochic acid and incidence of kidney cancer, particularly in Romania.
Patients who receive chest radiation for Wilms tumor face breast cancer risk later in life
10/29/2014
Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that cancer screening guidelines might be re-evaluated to facilitate the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of breast cancer among Wilms tumor survivors.
Groundbreaking Sound Based Technology to Ablate Renal Cancer
10/29/2014
Dr. David Schulsinger spearheads pilot study for ablation of renal cell carcinoma with SonaCare Medical’s Sonatherm® Laparoscopic Soft Tissue HIFU Surgical Ablation Device.
PD-1 Inhibition in Renal Cell Carcinoma
10/29/2014
Brian Rini, MD, comments that researchers are currently developing biomarkers that may help determine whether a disease is susceptible to PD-1 inhibition, potentially aiding clinicians in deciding whether to initiate a checkpoint inhibitor and a TKI in sequence, or concurrently.
Meet Kidney Cancer Survivors!
10/14/2014
Map the locations of survivors nearest you. Join the online conversation on Inspire's new Kidney Cancer Community.
BMS and MD Anderson Cancer Center announce novel research collaboration
10/07/2014
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a novel clinical research collaboration to evaluate multiple immunotherapies...
Nintedanib receives positive CHMP opinion for second-line treatment
09/29/2014
Nintedanib*, when added to docetaxel, is the first lung cancer treatment to have provided over one year overall survival for patients with advanced adenocarcinoma, after first-line chemotherapy.
Surgeon is first in world to use robotic technology to remove kidney tumor in outpatient procedure
09/18/2014
Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California (USC) is the first medical center in the world to use new robotic technology in an outpatient procedure for a kidney cancer patient.