Kidney Cancer UK
Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 3-7 February 2020
3-7 February 2020
Kidney Cancer Accord: Consensus Statement
A pathway forward
Living With Kidney Cancer Days 2020
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Non-invasive test that can detect kidney cancer
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has poor survival prognosis because it is asymptomatic at an early, more curative stage. Recently, urine perilipin-2 (PLIN-2)... Read More
Folic acid reduces mucositis in mRCC
With the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and mTOR-inhibitors a decade ago, many metastatic RCC patients have received their treatment as... Read More
From Patient to Marathon Man
Well where do I start; at the beginning I suppose would be a good point. So, in May 2018, I went to... Read More
Team Trilbs & The #TeamKCUK Runner
‘Where to start? I don’t have, but I am someone like many, living with kidney cancer. I first came across it in... Read More
Kidney Cancer UK In Wales
October was an exciting time for Kidney Cancer UK in South Wales. On the evening of Thursday 17th of October we were... Read More
SMC Approve lenvatinib for kidney cancer
Lenvatinib, a drug for treating kidney cancer, was among five new medications approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) this month. The... Read More
EC approves Bavencio combination
Merck and Pfizer have announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Bavencio in combination with axitinib for the first-line treatment of... Read More
Recurrence of RCC after Robotic surgery
WCE 2019: Local Regional Recurrence of RCC after Robotic Partial Nephrectom Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UroToday.com) Mr. Ethan Wajswol began by introducing... Read More
Microwave Ablation Feasible for cT1b RCC
Microwave ablation is a feasible alternative to nephrectomy in selected patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumors that are 4 to 7... Read More
Kidney Cancer Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
Patients with kidney cancer should be thinking about clinical trials at every step of their journey, not just after a line of... Read More
Nutrition in kidney cancer patients
While diet and exercise are a growing concern being addressed in all malignancies, its focus in kidney cancer is still lacking, according... Read More
Meetings with Jo Churchill MP & Cally Palmer
Today our Health Professional Lead, Lucy, attended – along with many other leading cancer charities – the Cancer Charities round table meeting... Read More
Cell therapy trials continues after positive kidney cancer readout
Sweden’s Immunicum has announced detailed results from its mid-stage trial of its oncology cell-based immunotherapy ilixadencel, which it says justify further clinical trials... Read More
Help and support when I needed it
I was diagnosed with the rare kidney cancer condition, ‘von hippel lindau syndrome’ (VHL), in 2015 and the support I received from... Read More
EU follows US & approves Keytruda for 1st line RCC
Merck & Co/MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda received FDA approval earlier in 2019 for use alongside Pfizer’s Inlyta (axitinib) in previously untreated patients... Read More
Ilixadencel/Sunitinib Combo Therapy; Positive Results in mRCC
A combination therapy of ilixadencel plus sunitinib (Sutent) achieved complete tumor responses in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to... Read More
keytruda + axitinib cleared as first-line kidney cancer treatment in EU
Merck & Co/MSD’s Keytruda has added first-line kidney cancer treatment to its ever-lengthening list of approved uses in the EU. The latest... Read More
A guide for talking about advanced cancer
Advice for people living with advanced cancer, their friends and family. We are pleased to present this informative document for the benefit... Read More
Glasgow student develops model kidney that could help train cancer surgeons
The 3D model ‘looks and feels’ like a real kidney. A student has used 3D printing technology to create a model of... Read More
Innovative Research for Advanced Kidney Cancer – David Braun
Alicia Morgans and David Braun discuss his innovative research in metastatic kidney cancer which focuses on understanding and improving immunotherapies in kidney... Read More
