Optimizing Your Kidney Health

Learn how treatments, surgeries, and even common conditions can impact your kidney function, and what you can do to stay healthy.

Kidney Cancer & the Military: Understanding the Connection

Military personnel are at a higher risk for developing kidney cancer due to exposure to toxins. Learn how the 2022 PACT Act helps veterans with kidney cancer.

Kidney Cancer Research Summit

KCRS23 was held earlier in July, but you can now view the video from the event. Don’t miss out next year – pre-registration is now open!

Making the Most of More Time: Stories of Survivorship

In a moderated discussion, patients reflect on their kidney cancer diagnosis, living fully, getting support, and making the most of their time.

Patient Resource Center

A kidney cancer diagnosis can be scary and confusing. You’re not alone. KidneyCAN has put together valuable resources to help you navigate a new diagnosis, your treatment options, and living well with cancer.
Making Progress Toward Cures

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.  

BUILD A CARE TEAM

One of the best decisions you can make when facing kidney cancer is to choose an experienced medical team. We’ve put together resources including a checklist of questions for your doctor and a list of NCI comprehensive cancer centers.

Understanding Your Kidney Cancer Diagnosis

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Building a Care Team

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Treatment & Trial Options

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Living Well with Kidney Cancer

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Join Our Grassroots Army

You might not realize how important it is for the kidney cancer community to advocate in order to make progress toward cures.

What are we advocating for?

Awareness? Funding? Research? Cures?

The answer is — we are advocating for all of those things. We know that awareness of kidney cancer and its impact on many lives leads to a sense of urgency, a desire for solutions. Awareness leads to advocacy, and advocacy — joining to speak as one voice — leads to funding and research. That’s how we get to cures.

⏰ There's still time to make a difference this Giving Tuesday!

Haven't had a chance to donate yet? No worries! Every contribution, big or small, helps us in our mission to #acceleratecures for #kidneycancer. Your support today can light the way to a brighter future for ...thousands of patients and families.

Let's end the day strong! Donate now: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

⏰ There's still time to make a difference this #GivingTuesday!

Every contribution, big or small, helps us in our mission to #acceleratecures for #kidneycancer.

Let's end the day strong! Donate now: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

⏰ There's still time to make a difference this Giving Tuesday!

Haven't had a chance to donate yet? No worries! Every contribution, big or small, helps us in our mission to #acceleratecures for #kidneycancer. Your support today can light the way to a brighter future for ...thousands of patients and families.

Let's end the day strong! Donate now: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

As Giving Tuesday comes to a close, we reflect on the incredible journey ahead in 2024. Our mission to accelerate cures for kidney cancer is fueled by the dedication and compassion of our volunteers and community members.

Your unwavering support and tireless efforts give hope and strength... to many. Let's carry this spirit forward into the new year, continuing to light the way for breakthroughs and better care.

Together, we can make 2024 a landmark year in our fight against kidney cancer! Thank you for being our guiding stars. ✨

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

As #GivingTuesday comes to a close, we look ahead to 2024. Our mission to accelerate cures for kidney cancer is fueled by the dedication of our volunteers and community members.

Together, we can make 2024 a landmark year! Thank you for being our guiding stars. ✨

As Giving Tuesday comes to a close, we reflect on the incredible journey ahead in 2024. Our mission to accelerate cures for kidney cancer is fueled by the dedication and compassion of our volunteers and community members.

Your unwavering support and tireless efforts give hope and strength... to many. Let's carry this spirit forward into the new year, continuing to light the way for breakthroughs and better care.

Together, we can make 2024 a landmark year in our fight against kidney cancer! Thank you for being our guiding stars. ✨

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

This #GivingTuesday, we recognize the unsung heroes in the fight against kidney cancer: caregivers and family members.

At KidneyCAN, we understand the unique challenges you face. Your strength, love, and support are invaluable to those battling #kidneycancer. That's why we're ...committed to providing resources and support not just for patients, but for you too.

Your donation today helps us continue to offer guidance, education, and a caring community for everyone affected by kidney cancer. Together, we can light the path to a brighter future.

Support our mission: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

This #GivingTuesday, we recognize the unsung heroes in the fight against kidney cancer: caregivers and family members.

At KidneyCAN, we understand the unique challenges you face. Your strength, love, and support are invaluable to those battling #kidneycancer. That's why we're ...committed to providing resources and support not just for patients, but for you too.

Your donation today helps us continue to offer guidance, education, and a caring community for everyone affected by kidney cancer. Together, we can light the path to a brighter future.

Support our mission: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

This #GivingTuesday, light up the path for kidney cancer patients at every step of their journey. 🌟

At KidneyCAN, we understand that a kidney cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. That's why our Patient Resource Center is dedicated to being a guiding light, offering support and ...information from diagnosis through to living well.

Your generous donation today helps us enrich and expand these vital resources. Whether it's navigating treatment options, understanding side effects, or finding ways to thrive post-diagnosis, we're here to ensure no one walks this path alone.

Together, we can make the future brighter for every individual facing kidney cancer. Let's unite to provide the tools, knowledge, and support needed at every turn.

Donate now and be a part of someone's journey to hope and healing: https://kidneycan.org/donate-now/

#KidneyCancer #GivingTuesday #TheFutureIsBright #AcceleratingCures

When we formed KidneyCAN in 2016, the amount of money Congress allocated specifically for kidney cancer research was $0. Through advocacy, we’ve generated $235 million in research funding in six years. That’s the power of a unified voice!

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Voices of Resilience: Navigating Kidney Cancer in Veteran and Native American Communities

On the outskirts of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Maggie Burns stands as a testament to resilience and advocacy within the kidney cancer community. A caregiver to her husband, Ron Stanton, Maggie is a proud member of the Cherokee Nation and a retired IT professional. Maggie's life...

Dr. Yousef Zakharia: “I Believe in Teamwork”

For this Community Spotlight feature, we spoke to Dr. Yousef Zakharia, a medical oncologist at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate professor at the University of Iowa. Dr. Zakharia shares important information about finding the best care at...

Dr. Moshe Ornstein: A Journey of Advocacy, Research, and Community in Kidney Cancer

This month, we asked Dr. Moshe Ornstein to share his insights in kidney cancer research and advocacy. He is a dedicated kidney cancer physician and researcher at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Ornstein completed his fellowship in Hematology & Oncology at the Cleveland...

From the Heart to the Hill: Advocating for Kidney Cancer Research Funding

Spring Advocacy : By the Numbers KidneyCAN is thrilled to announce the success of our Spring Advocacy Days event, which took place on March 13th in person in Washington, D.C., and on March 14th virtually. We are grateful for the 186 confirmed meetings with...

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. 

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