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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.
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.
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.
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.
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