Press Releases

Dr. Bradley C. Leibovich, Mayo Clinic The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is pleased to announce Dr. Bradley C. Leibovich as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Leibovich is a medical oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and the David C. Utz, M.D., Professor of Urology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He was previously Chair of the…

Dr. Daniel George, Duke Cancer Institute The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is pleased to announce Dr. Daniel George, a medical oncologist at the Duke Cancer Institute, is the new Chair of the KCA’s Medical Steering Committee (MSC). George will serve a 3-year term on the MSC, which provides strategic guidance on the KCA’s medical education activities and medical expertise for…

The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) presented two Advanced Discovery Awards, four Young Investigator Awards, and one Focus Award: Psychosocial to researchers who are working to uncover and refine treatment and care strategies for kidney cancer. The awards represent a total of $1.375 million in funding. “We’re thrilled to support these extraordinary researchers to discover even more about kidney cancer and…

The Kidney Cancer Association partners with Smart Patients to create a new online kidney cancer community that will make it easier for patients and families to support and learn from one another. The Kidney Cancer Association is proud to announce a new partnership with Smart Patients, an online peer-to-peer support forum for patients and their families. This partnership extends the…

New campaign to raise awareness about connection between sickle cell trait and deadly form of kidney cancer. The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. (SCDAA) are partnering to launch the “KNOW & TELL” initiative today to raise awareness about sickle cell trait (SCT) and its link to a rare, aggressive type of kidney…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Secure AI Labs (SAIL), the healthcare data security company offering a secure, easy-to-manage, and auditable solution to track and trace the use of patient data in collaborative research, is pleased to announce its partnership with the Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) to provide federated learning and data security technologies for the KCA’s Data Federation. The KCA will leverage SAIL’s…

The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is pleased to announce LaRanda Burke joined the organization on March 1, 2021 as Director of Finance. LaRanda Burke “With LaRanda on board, the KCA has the full leadership team we were always meant to have,” said Gretchen E. Vaughan, the KCA’s CEO and President. “LaRanda’s financial expertise will help guide the KCA as we…

Joshuah Bledsoe Joshuah Bledsoe, a football player at the University of Missouri and an NFL draft favorite for the 2021 season, turned his attention to kidney cancer this month in order to raise awareness and funds for a disease that affects his family personally. Bledsoe’s aunt was diagnosed with stage IV renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney…

Dr. James P. Allison. © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud HOUSTON – Dr. James P. “Jim” Allison, a trailblazing immunologist who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will be the keynote speaker at the Kidney Cancer Association’s 2021 International Kidney Cancer Symposium (IKCS) in November in Austin, Texas. Allison, chair of Immunology and executive director of…

HOUSTON – September 17, 2020 – The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) presented two Advanced Discovery Awards and four Young Investigator Awards – a total of $1.3 million in funding – to researchers from around the world who are working to advance early detection of and discover new treatments for kidney cancer. “We’re incredibly excited to support this year’s awardees. For…