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Ritchie Johnson's son Chris was diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) and died in 2012. Ritchie has since founded the Chris "CJ" Johnson Foundation and devoted herself to raising awareness and funds for this rare form of kidney cancer. In this Your Cancer Story podcast, Ritchie, shared her experience of caring for her son Chris and the impact it had…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research.Dr. Patrick Pilié is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Pilié received the 2018 Kidney Cancer Association Young Investigator Award. We spoke to him…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research. Dr. Phillip Abbosh is an Assistant Professor of Urology at Albert Einstein Medical Center and researcher at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received the Kidney Cancer Association’s 2017 Young Investigator Award. We spoke to Dr. Phillip about his research project –…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research. Dr. Eliezer Van Allen is a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Instructor in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Van Allen received the 2013 ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation…

Ruben Ybarra is a member of the KCA's Board of Directors and currently works at Poseidon Services, Inc. as an Installation Lead and Project Engineer. We spoke with Ruben about what motivated him to join our Board of Directors. Ruben and his brother Robbie. What motivated you to get involved with the Kidney Cancer Association?My brother passed away due to…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research. Dr. Martin Voss is a medical oncologist and the Clinical Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He received a 2012 ASCO Young Investigator Award supported by the KCA. We spoke…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research. Dr. Abraham Hakimi is a urologist and researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York where he co-leads the Translational Kidney Cancer Program with Dr. Robert Motzer. Dr. Hakimi received the 2014 Andrew C.…

In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re catching up with former grant recipients to hear how their work has impacted kidney cancer care and research. Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee received the first-ever KCA research grant in 1995 - the Eugene P. Schonfeld Award (now the Young Investigator Award), named for the KCA's founder. Her project examined whether the immune system could recognize…

Below, we've linked highlights from research presented at IKCS 2020, the KCA’s fall symposium, which took place on November 6-7, as well as selections from the KCA’s first annual Virtual Patient Symposium on November 7. IKCS 2020 Cabozantanib is the center of emerging treatment approaches in advanced RCC - OncLive Frontline lenvatinib/everolimus combo is active in non-clear cell RCC -…

Virginia Seery, RN, MSN, is a member of the KCA’s Clinical Advisory Board and sees patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. We spoke to Virginia about her work in the KCA and in medicine.  How long have you been working with the KCA and what motivated you to get involved? I have been involved with the KCA…