This is a guest post by D’Ann George, PhD, Medical Writer. Some kidney cancers are so rare that clinicians don’t know enough about them to determine what treatments should be standard, or even to predict…
This is a guest post by Mariah Jeske, 28, who has a family history of kidney cancer and Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome. She lives in Wisconsin. My family leaned on our faith, the support of family and…
This is a guest post by Michele Tate. She is diagnosed with HLRCC and advocates for greater awareness and research into this rare genetic condition. As we celebrate 2024 Black History Month and Rare…
This is a guest post by Brandon Butera, a stage IV kidney cancer patient and advocate. He lives with his wife, Maggie Valdes, in Houston, Texas. Watch more of their journey. When we last gave…
We rounded up a few research highlights from the 2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU), held recently in San Francisco, California. Adjuvant immunotherapy improved survival after nephrectomy and could be new standard of care Researchers are…
Every year, the Kidney Cancer Association hosts our signature Challenge event in cities across the US. The Challenge reflects the number of people estimated to be diagnosed with kidney cancer in a given year. In…
This is a guest post by Dr. Arpita Desai, an oncologist at the University of California San Francisco specializing in genitourinary cancers. She summarized the results and takeaways for patients from key trials presented at…
This is a guest post by Mallory Foxx, kidney cancer survivor and the 2023 Mrs. Black International Ambassador. On April 15, 2023, I heard the words that would change my life: “Mallory, you have cancer.”…
This is a guest post by Nicole Yvette Miles, kidney cancer survivor. My name is Nicole Miles from Waldorf, Maryland and on September 22, 2023 around 11 pm after a typically normal Friday, I started…
This is a guest post by D’Ann George, PhD, Medical Writer. Joel Stern vividly remembers the first time he saw the phrase palliative care in his medical file. At the time, in 2020, Stern had…