Through kidney cancer, figuring out how to get unstuck
This is a guest post by Bonnie Davidoff, a kidney cancer patient, aunt to the most amazing nieces and nephews, and arts enthusiast based in Olympia, Washington. In 2017, I was 40 years old and…
This is a guest post by Bonnie Davidoff, a kidney cancer patient, aunt to the most amazing nieces and nephews, and arts enthusiast based in Olympia, Washington. In 2017, I was 40 years old and…
This is a guest post by Jason Hinojosa, a marketing professional, new father, and kidney cancer patient based in Seattle, Washington. He is also a KCA Ambassador. It was your typical Super Bowl Sunday, people…
Transitioning from provider to patient was daunting for Dr. Quint Jardine. Luckily, he could rely on a support system of physicians.
Susan Hill and her husband, Bruce, had always been very active. When her healthy husband found it difficult to keep up with their kids on a hiking trip, Susan suggested he see a doctor. An…
Brian Moran’s kidney cancer diagnosis came as a complete surprise a few weeks before his 50th birthday last year. He’d had no symptoms. A physical therapist, who was treating him for an exercise-related lower back…
World Kidney Cancer Day is June 18 and this year the theme is physical activity. Regular physical activity plays an important role in preventing and treating many common cancers. Studies show regular exercise may lower…
We encourage both private and public sector institutions to do more research on kidney cancer. We help researchers in academic medical centers, government, and industry with money and information. We are a catalyst for new ideas. For example, we provide financial grants for basic research into the biology of kidney cancer. KCA members work to raise funds. These competitive awards are made from a pool of funds named in honor of the Association’s late founder, Eugene P. Schonfeld, Ph.D.
This is a guest post by Dr. Pavlos Msaouel, a medical oncologist and researcher at MD Anderson Cancer Center, renal medullary carcinoma expert, and member of the KCA’s Medical Steering Committee. Dr. Msaouel has also…
Jennifer Christensen, LCSW, OSW-C is a clinical social worker in the Patient and Family Support Program at Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Cancer Center in Los Angeles, California. KCA Ambassador Annamarya Scaccia, who was diagnosed with chromophobe…