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?
This is wonderful! Congratulations, Debbie, and @KidneyCancer_Ca 🧡💚
Debbie’s #MOVEtobeatcancer started a little earlier doing something just for her. For her 1st year #kidneycancer free anniversary, she got a bee tattoo. Today for her 5th year anniversary, she added the @KidneyCancer_Ca symbol. So cool! View Debbie’s MOVE: https://bit.ly/3qRRRQY
The KidneyCAN team is deeply saddened to share the loss of Gary Poteat. Gary was diagnosed in 2007 with Stage IV #kidneycancer, and in the 15 years since, he and his wife Susan have contributed ...enormously to research progress and advocacy efforts.
Many of you know Susan as our Medical Science Liaison and an active member of our SmartPatients community. Please read about Gary's extraordinary life and join us in offering condolences to the Poteat family.
https://kidneycan.org/gary-poteat-in-memory/
The KidneyCAN team is deeply saddened to share the loss of Gary Poteat, beloved husband of Susan. Many of you know Susan as our Medical Science Liaison.
Please read about Gary's ...extraordinary life and join us in offering condolences to the family.
https://kidneycan.org/gary-poteat-in-memory/
The KidneyCAN team is deeply saddened to share the loss of Gary Poteat. Gary was diagnosed in 2007 with Stage IV #kidneycancer, and in the 15 years since, he and his wife Susan have contributed ...enormously to research progress and advocacy efforts.
Many of you know Susan as our Medical Science Liaison and an active member of our SmartPatients community. Please read about Gary's extraordinary life and join us in offering condolences to the Poteat family.
https://kidneycan.org/gary-poteat-in-memory/
Dr. @EJonasch of @MDAndersonNews shares an update on #COSMIC313 from #ESMO22 in the latest #KidneyCANDID video.
✔️met PFS primary endpoint
BUT: toxicity rate higher, complete ...response rate relatively low
WATCH:
@OncoAlert @myESMO
In this episode of #KidneyCANDID video, Dr. Eric Jonasch from MD Anderson Cancer Center shares information about the COSMIC313 trial for kidney...
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ESMO22 Highlights: Dr. Jonasch Discusses the COSMIC313 Trial for Kidney Cancer
Another #KidneyCANDID video, this one from Rachel Giles with the @IKCCorg
Rachel shares how #ESMO22 provided training and resources for #PatientAdvocacy organizations.
#ESMO22 ...Highlights: Patient Advocacy via @YouTube
In this episode of #KidneyCANDID video, Rachel Giles from the International Kidney Cancer Coalition shares how ESMO (the European Society of Medical...
youtu.beESMO22 Highlights: Patient Advocacy
When we formed KidneyCAN in 2016, the amount of money Congress allocated specifically for kidney cancer research was $0. Through advocacy, we’ve generated $185 million in research funding in six years. That’s the power of a unified voice!
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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.
