Dr. Elshad Hasanov received a 2021 Young Investigator Award for his project “Investigating genomic drivers of immune checkpoint inhibitors resistance in RCC brain metastasis: implications for immunotherapy.” Hasanov is based at the MD Anderson Cancer…
Dr. Yuexin Xu received a 2021 Young Investigator Award for her project “Transcriptomic single-cell and spatial mapping of immune cell infiltration and tumor-associated endothelial cell heterogeneity in renal cell carcinoma.” Xu is based at the…
Dr. Jianjun Gao and Dr. Pavlos Msaouel received a 2021 Advanced Discovery Award for their project “Identification of tumor frameshift neoantigens to accurately predict response to immune checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma.” Both Gao…
Dr. Cristiane Bergerot received a 2021 Focus Award: Psychosocial for her project “Redefining Quality of Life Assessments in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.” Bergerot is based at the Instituto Unity de Ensino e Pesquisa, Centro De…
Dr. Toni Choueiri and Dr. Rizwan Romee received a 2021 Advanced Discovery Award for their project “Adoptive cytokine-induced memory-like NK cell therapy alone or in combination with avelumab for immunotherapy-refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma.” Both…
Joshua Rhodes from Great.com interviewed Sallie McAdoo, MS, CGC, the Kidney Cancer Association’s Medical Director as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast, a series that sheds light on organizations and experts whose work is…
This is a guest post by Susan Hill, a member of the KCA’s Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council and wife and caregiver of Bruce Hill. Our kidney cancer journey officially began in May 2017 when…
We rounded up a few research highlights from the 2021 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology. COVID-19 vaccines do protect patients with cancer A number of studies presented at ESMO Congress 2021 reported…
Kathryn Nelson, RN, is a nurse specializing in radiation oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and a member of the Kidney Cancer Association’s Clinical Advisory Board, which provides patients and caregivers in all…
Two RCC therapy approvals, genetic risk assessment for hereditary kidney cancer, and a sickle cell trait/kidney cancer partnership.