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UK Kidney Cancer - Passport To Cancer Drugs
2008-04-03 16:26:00 I started my kidney cancer journey back in December 0f 2006, and it's a journey I wouldn't wish on others because real anxiety is hard to manage. For me I've been "lucky" I guess in that any turmoil on my part has been less physiological and more psychological. Yes I had a rather hideous radical nephrectomy back in March 2007, but there was far less pain than I'd anticipated, and I was far more concerned about the diagnosis of cancer than I was about any pain or dying on an operating table or being invalided in some way.And then I look at others who've been inflicted with this silent killer, others who have a tougher prognosis than me i.e. Metastatic Kidney Cancer, and I see how they are coping with it all. There are some amazing people out there is all I can say, their capacity to cope should be an inspiration to others, it certainly is to me. I look at some of the stories on ACOR and on Kidney Cancer Resource, and each time it stuns me how nonchalant folks can be about their ...
By: American Cancer
Kidney Cancer - What You May Not Know
2008-03-23 16:09:00 Kidney cancers are diagnosed in a million patients each year, though millions of people are affected by kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is twice as common in men and accounts for 40-60 % of new diagnoses.The most common form of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma, also known as RCC. It accounts for 66-75% of all cases. In most cases the cancer is found in only one kidney; though in some rare forms it can be in both. Kidney cancer spreads to the lymph nodes, bone, lungs and pelvic region. If cancer has spread to the brain some neurological symptoms will be present. RCC is responsible for 25-30,000 new cases each year.Symptoms of kidney cancers are sometimes ignored because they are generalized. Though kidney cancer is on the rise, many people are not diagnosed until the cancer is advanced due to low or no symptoms. Many of the symptoms are those of other less serious diseases and the cancer is not caught at an early stage. Current symptoms are: blood in urine (light to dark in appeara...
By: American Cancer
Man Is Easier To Get Kidney Cancer
2008-01-17 20:26:00 Men are more often to encounter with kidney cancer illness over woman. By public estimate, the totals of men facing the illness are two times greater than women.In fact, the kidney cancer risk is increased with age. More than 90 percent of the cases involved which are diagnosed with kidney cancer are patients who were 45 years old and more.President of Malaysian Clinical Oncology Association and Oncology Specialist, Dr Gucharan Singh Khera, said generally during the time it was diagnosed, the cancer already been metastasis (spread to other part of the body) amongst a third of the patients. Dr Gucharan said, until now 208,000 people worldwide are found suffering kidney cancer each year while 102,000 individual were died resulted from the disease each year. Last year, 51,000 case of kidney cancer have been diagnosed in the United States which involved 13,000 deaths. He said, although there are advanced effort in understanding the growth mechanism of various kind of cancers, kidney can...
By: My Health
Reduce kidney cancer risk, drink alcohol
2007-10-04 18:11:00 A study in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute has shown that having one or two alcoholic drinks every day can decrease the risk of kidney cancer. The study showed that moderate drinkers were 28% less likely to develop kidney cancer than non-drinkers. The researchers suspect that alcohol may reduce the risk of kidney ...
Kidney Cancer Treatment Life Saving Drugs
2007-08-29 00:29:00 Theirs a kidney cancer wonder drug called "Sutent". This isn't fully available for free on the NHS yet even though it gives the cancer sufferer vital months more to live. Like Nick Adams who was just 24. Last November he lay dying in a hospice, his kidney full of cancer. ...
By: Treatment Abroad
Kidney Cancer: Two drugs work better than either alone
2007-08-05 07:37:00 According to reseachers at Duke, a combination of two drugs works better than either drug for patients with renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer. This study was published in the August 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and was funded by the National Cancer Institute. The two drugs used in ...
By: Cancer war
Cancer research: kidney and liver tumors
2007-06-29 15:55:00 Hollywood talent manager Louis Bershad, 68, whose clients include many top actors in town, recently underwent a routine MRI for kidney stones only to learn from his urologist that he also had a tumor in his left kidney. The tumor turned out to be malignant. Facing a new diagnosis of kidney cancer, Bershad recalls, “The room ...
By: Cancer war
New Drug for Advanced Kidney Cancer
2007-06-08 09:13:00 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may,30,2007 approved Torisel (the generic name is temsirolimus) for the treatment of a certain type of advanced kidney cancer known as renal cell carcinoma. Torisel was approved based on a study that showed use of the drug prolonged survival of patients with renal cell carcinoma. The drug is an enzyme inhibitor, a protein that regulates cell production, cell growth and cell survival."We have made significant advances in the battle against kidney cancer,” said Steven Galson, M.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Torisel is the third drug approved for this indication in the past 18 months, and one that shows an increased time in survival for some patients."The approval of Torisel follows the December 2005 approval of Nexavar (sorafenib), which was based on a delay in progression of disease. In January 2006, Sutent (sunitinib) received accelerated approval based on durable response rate, or tumor si...
By: nurse activity
kidney cancer drug - sorafenib
2007-06-06 17:33:00 Liver cancer is one of the toughest cancers to battle, and it claims close to half a million people each year as sufferers. Some positive news on the liver cancer front was discovered recently, as cancer specialists said that the drug sorafenib was seen to give liver cancer patients long lifespans compared to study participants ...
By: Cancer war
New Kidney Cancer Drug (Torisel, temsirolimus) has been approved by FDA
2007-05-31 16:50:00 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave its approval to a new drug called Torisel (temsirolimus) for treating renal cell carcinoma, a type of advanced kidney cancer. The approval of the drug, an enzyme inhibitor made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, was based on a study that showed use of the drug prolonged survival of ...
By: Cancer war
Kidney Cancer and risk factors
2007-05-07 18:32:00 Number 0f simple things like smoking, exposure of chemicals, overweight and inactive lifestyle, which we ignore in our daily life, can cause kidney cancer. High blood pressure, taking diuretics, race, gender and certain medications are some other risk factors, which lead to kidney cancer. The physician gets an idea to assess the symptoms through risk factors. The physician has to watch closely a
By: Cancer Pages
KIDNEY CANCER
2007-04-18 05:27:00 TAMMY RUGGLES Request CAN SOMEONE HEAR ME TONIGHT? I FOUND OUT 2DAY THAT MY COUSIN (IN HIS EARY 40′S) WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY CANCER. HE HAS A WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN. I PRAY THAT OTHERS WILL HELP LIFT HIM UP IN PRAYER AND THAT SOMEHOW HIS SITUATION CAN TEACH US ALL A LESSON IN ...
By: Prayers Online
?The Bay Drug? ? Is it the solution to metastatic kidney cancer?
2007-02-27 17:50:00 A drug, which was originally developed for colon cancer, is found to be very effective in managing metastatic kidney cancer. This drug, called ?The Bay Drug?, has the ability to contain the tumor growth in metastatic kidney cancer patients to a large extent.This news clip tells more about this drug and its effects on metastatic kidney cancer patients.
Eating fatty fish reduces kidney cancer risk
2007-02-19 16:34:00 A study, which spanned for 15 years and covered more than 61,000 women in Sweden, has shown that women, who eat a lot of fatty fish, are 70% less likely to develop kidney cancer in their life time. The study headed by Dr. Alicja Wolk, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, concluded that eating fatty fish reduces the occurrence of kidney cancer in women to a large extent.This video throws more light on this study. |
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