Our Goals
- Provide education, resources, and support to kidney cancer patients and caregivers
- Identify patients’ and researchers’ unmet needs
- Engage and educate policymakers on the urgency of kidney cancer research funding
- Urge Congress to fund kidney cancer research
- Increase CDMRP Kidney Cancer Research Program and NIH funding through advocacy
- Provide direct funding to promising ideas
- Propel collaboration and progress in kidney cancer research (Kidney Cancer Research Summit)
- Grow the community of kidney cancer researchers
- Support the development of new treatments by educating patients on trial access and enrollment
- 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?
💚June 15th is #WorldKidneyCancerDay. This year, we're talking about how to live well when you have kidney cancer.
A #kidneycancer diagnosis can impact your emotional health, which in turn can affect your relationships. This is a life-changing experience, and you may need to adjust ...household and extended family roles. At our Patient Resource Center, we’ve gathered resources to guide you as you share your diagnosis, communicate with others, and seek support.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/LivingWellRCC
🚨 #KCRP FY23 Funding Opportunities Released!
There are $50 MILLION REASON$ for you to apply for @CDMRP research funding. Let's #acceleratecures for #kidneycancer!
Info & due dates: https://cdmrp.health.mil/funding/kcrp
@OncoAlert
Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigator members @BraunMDPhD and @AChakrabortyPhD have collaborated on this excellent review of metabolic pathways in RCC. Go to for more info on the Academy and membership.
https://t.co/h3buFEyuAu
🌍 #WorldKidneyCancerDay is coming up!
IKCC is hosting a Global Patient and Caregiver Symposium on June 15th to discuss living well with #kidneycancer. We're excited to join and learn together.
Don't miss out! Register here: ...https://www.worldkidneycancerday.org/register/
Being diagnosed with and treated for kidney cancer will change many facets of your life. KidneyCAN provides information and support to help you manage your stress and improve your health and well-being at our Patient Resource Center: https://bit.ly/LivingWellRCC
#AcceleratingCures #LivingWellwithCancer
🌍Join us & @IKCCorg on June 15 for #WorldKidneyCancerDay! Learn how you can live fully while coping with #kidneycancer at the Global Patient & Caregiver Symposium.
Register: https://worldkidneycancerday.org/register/
More resources at KidneyCAN's Patient Resource ...Center: https://bit.ly/LivingWellRCC
🌍 #WorldKidneyCancerDay is coming up!
IKCC is hosting a Global Patient and Caregiver Symposium on June 15th to discuss living well with #kidneycancer. We're excited to join and learn together.
Don't miss out! Register here: ...https://www.worldkidneycancerday.org/register/
Being diagnosed with and treated for kidney cancer will change many facets of your life. KidneyCAN provides information and support to help you manage your stress and improve your health and well-being at our Patient Resource Center: https://bit.ly/LivingWellRCC
#AcceleratingCures #LivingWellwithCancer
Incredible patients and survivors in the #kidneycancer journey — love this advocacy story and hope we continue the efforts to create so many more survivors in kidney cancer. #ASCO23 @KidneyCancer @kcCURE @KCPUTSW @kidneycan
Did this unplanned moment make me cry. Sure did - story below 👇
@montypal @GustaveRoussy @brian_rini @VUMCDiscoveries @DrTHut @TheUSONetwork @TiansterZhang @Uromigos @tompowles1 @crisuarez08 @katy_beckermann @neerajaiims @PGrivasMDPhD @DrChoueiri @NazliDizman @EbrahimiHedyeh Thanks Monty !
Honored for the #GU # RCC wrap-up session of #ASCO23 along with ...@NaomiHaas5 and @katy_beckermann. Special congrats to @ASCO staff , scientific & educational committees for such a successful meeting!
This year’s #WorldKidneyCancerDay “Let’s talk about living with kidney cancer,” focuses on what every person touched by #kidneycancer can do to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing. What are you doing to improve your quality of life? Let’s talk!
https://t.co/ECXrW3YXUs
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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.
