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Web a friend in need for stressed patients
06/13/2008
When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated.
American Cancer Society official Jeff Jacobs to speak at Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute Wednesday
06/13/2008
His topic will be "The Future of Cancer Care."
Cancer Vaccine Research Is Coming To Fruition
06/13/2008
These products look set to target some of the "big" cancers, with launches for vaccines against renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, prostate, non-small cell lung and colorectal cancer.
Patient wins fight to have cancer drug
06/13/2008
Patient Roger Willcocks will now receive a drug that was denied to him by the NHS.
The University of Michigan is presenting a symposium on the treatment options for patients and families dealing with Kidney Cancer
06/05/2008
Sponsored by the UM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Urology, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology.
New model predicts whether patients will be free of renal cancer 12 years after initial treatment
06/04/2008
A UT Southwestern Medical Center physician and other researchers have developed a unique statistical model that predicts the probability of a patient being cancer free 12 years after initial surgical treatment.
Triple-Drug Therapy Not a Winner for Metastatic Kidney Cancer
06/04/2008
Combination failed to prevent disease progression or improve survival.
Preliminary data from ongoing Phase 1 data of investigational Anti-PD-1 antibody presented at ASCO
06/03/2008
Tumor regressions were also observed in four additional patients, including two patients with melanoma, one patient with non-small cell lung cancer, and one with renal cell carcinoma.
Researchers may have found a new way to attack cancer
06/03/2008
In lab tests on human kidney cancer cells, their cancer-killing success rate was 90 percent.