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Serum sodium levels in the lower end of the normal range are associated with inferior outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma, a study suggests.

Being told you have cancer is a traumatic event, one in which patients should be provided with mental health resources to help them cope with their...

An accurate estimate of future GFR after nephrectomy would help to guide operative strategy and use of adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapies, according...

"Immunotherapies let me live a normal life," said Allen Rogers, who was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in 2007 at age 51.

Dr. Daniel George answers when and why patients are re-treated with immunotherapy.

By Dr. Daniel GeorgeChair, KCA Medical Steering CommitteeMedical Oncologist, Duke University There is much more to managing kidney cancer than what

Among patients with a variety of solid tumors, investigators found favorable associations of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy with quality of li...

"When I first got diagnosed, mentally I was fine. After the scan this February, it killed my head. We went from 'kidney is fine' to 'it has to come...

The following is an excerpt from a blog post by Laura Esfeller, a marketing professional living in California with kidney cancer. Laura writes at

Investigators report findings from the largest analysis characterizing objective imaging response among patients with mRCC treated in routine clini...

Compared with type I, papillary RCC type II more frequently carries unfavorable tumor characteristics.

New findings challenge the notion of an obesity paradox with regard to cancer-related survival.