Kidney Cancer

Project: EveryChild is collecting biologic samples, such as blood, tissue and other specimens, from children undergoing treatment.

Blood Pressure Meds Help Hypertensive Patients With Kidney Cancer

Updates from ASCO's Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Goals and milestone recognitions may help children with cancer get through treatment a little easier.

Long-term and late effects from toxic regimens from childhood cancer treatments include heart damage, lung problems and infertility.

Pediatric cancer treatment has come a long way, but health problems persist in survivorship.

A recent report notes that certain health issues observed in young adult survivors are typically seen in much older individuals.

Childhood and young adult cancer survivors need fertility preservation information, but are they getting it from their oncologists?

A kid can bring out the best in people.

Creating Hope for Childhood Cancer

Minimizing and preventing late effects of stem cell transplantation.

Study shows adult survivors of childhood cancer may have sleep issues that negatively affect cognitive function.

Online tool helps cancer survivors know what to look for years after treatment

Researchers found that in some childhood cancer survivors, a late effect called cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart cannot pump properly, was tied to a specific gene and drug dose.

A report, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, looks at the outcomes in children and adolescents with cancer, hoping to provide insights that will guide future research.

Camp Friendship offers a week-long residential camp free of charge for kids with cancer.

The Childhood Cancer Foundation in Canada recognized the unique needs of teens with cancer and created Teen Connector, a Facebook-style website.

Drug news and recent developments

New therapy available for renal cell carcinoma and first maintenance therapy is approved for lung cancer.

Kids with cancer, their siblings, and parents learn relaxation, meditation, and breathing techniques.

Although renal cell carcinoma is the most common type, there are other types of kidney cancer.

Parents can help ease the transition from school to clinic and back again.

There are several organizations and institutions that have prepared school-related documents and checklists for parents of childhood cancer patients.

The human body sometimes produces its own immune response to renal cell carcinoma that results in spontaneous disease remission.

With no standard screening test for kidney cancer and few symptoms until it’s advanced, early-stage disease is often discovered by accident when imaging scans, such as computed tomography, are used to look for other medical problems.