How we’re staying safe, sane, and joyful
A few members of the KCA community have shared what is helping them stay safe, sane, and be joyful through the coronavirus pandemic.
A few members of the KCA community have shared what is helping them stay safe, sane, and be joyful through the coronavirus pandemic.
Mike Kelly, 67, was diagnosed with stage IV clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) last fall and had a nephrectomy to remove his left kidney at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, Texas soon…
In the phase III CheckMate-9ER trial, nivolumab (Opdivo) plus cabozantinib (Cabometyx) combined improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared with sunitinib (Sutent) in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who had not…
During these challenging days, I’ve been searching for any possible positives that might come out of this healthcare crisis we’re in together. Here are a few: Possibly we will learn that less immunotherapy (fewer doses)…
Many kidney cancer patients and caregivers are concerned about the risk of getting and/or becoming very ill if infected by the novel coronavirus COVID-19. In discussions on Facebook, online support networks, and other social media…
As the award cycle for the 2020 Young Investigator Awards (YIAs) and Advanced Discovery Awards (ADAs) opens, we’re reflecting on the 2019 grant recipients. These innovative researchers are helping to advance our understanding of kidney cancer and…
Kidney Cancer Awareness Month has come to a close. We are ending the month in a very different place than we started and amid the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, how to stay safe…
Friends, Amid the spread of COVID-19 and the justifiable anxiety around the world, we see society is called upon to accept extraordinary burdens when faced with the fragile nature of human life. But the fragility…
As a wedding photographer, Tracie Taylor observed unique, intimate moments and captured them through her lens. But a kidney cancer diagnosis about four years ago changed that for her. “For a photographer, vision is a…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the name of the illness caused by a new coronavirus.