Our Goals
- We provide education, resources, and support to kidney cancer patients and caregivers
- We identify patients’ and researchers’ unmet needs
- We engage and educate policymakers on the urgency of kidney cancer research funding
- We urge Congress to fund kidney cancer research
- We increase CDMRP Kidney Cancer Research Program and NIH funding through advocacy
- We provide direct funding to promising ideas
- We propel collaboration and progress in kidney cancer research (Kidney Cancer Research Summit)
- We grow the community of kidney cancer researchers
- We support the development of new treatments by educating patients on trial access and enrollment
- We identify new unmet needs, set new goals, and keep working
Our Mission
Our mission is to accelerate cures for kidney cancer. We engage in patient advocacy and power research by supporting government and industry research funding, facilitating research collaborations, and offering direct financial support for clinical and laboratory researchers with promising ideas. Together, we can find the cure.
NEWLY DIAGNOSED?
You’re not alone. We’ve put together a Patient Resource Center to help you navigate a new diagnosis and beyond. Learn about kidney cancer, various treatment options, patient education events, and how to live well with cancer.
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What are we advocating for?
Awareness? Funding? Research? Cures?
listening now. ❤️that @Robert_Uzzo talks about sestamibi scans and other issues relevant to ptnts with #SmallRenalMass(es) https://t.co/5Jjd2PFk0d
What's the latest news in #kidneycancer research? What can we expect in 2022?
Superstars @MVossMD of @sloan_kettering & @Robert_Uzzo of @FoxChaseCancer are going to fill us in!
📆 Wednesday, January 19th
⏰ 5:00-6:00 pm EST
💻 Zoom Webinar
🖊 Register: https://bit.ly/KCResearchNews
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Latest in Kidney Cancer Research
Living Well with Kidney Cancer
Excited for @HKSUO_hk today - esp bc my stellar @cityofhope fellow @ZeynepZengin will be joining us! Thx to @DrDarrenPoon & the cmte for this great opportunity for this rising ⭐️. Join for ...#kidneycancer discussion w us & @ravikanesvaran & @HHammersMD! https://t.co/DwK5AkKOLM
Many registered for the KidneyCAN Research Town Hall during the event or joined us while the webinar was in session. We will put the full video up on YouTube as soon as we can!
"The pace of discovery hasn't lessened during the pandemic. The patients' participation, the doctors' work, it has all continued. Science is speeding up. Everything we have ...learned only adds to how well we understand #kidneycancer, and we'll keep finding new ways to get at this."
"It's a hopeful time for #kidneycancer patients."
- Glenn from PA, 11 year #RCC #survivor
Thank you, Glenn, for coming to our Town Hall and asking your question about ...durable complete response.
THANK YOU to the patients who've come on "live" to ask such great questions during our #KidneyCancer research Town Hall with @MVossMD and @Robert_Uzzo. Seeing these patients and ...hearing their incredibly informed questions reminds us why we do what we do.
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KidneyCAN is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and does not receive any funding through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) or KCRP (Kidney Cancer Research Program). Our work is funded by grassroots donors in the kidney cancer community.
