Making Progress Toward Cures
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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Join Our Grassroots Army
What are we advocating for?
Awareness? Funding? Research? Cures?
So much progress in #kidneycancer research in the last five years! We have YOU, our community of advocates, to thank.
But the work is unfinished. Join us on #DistrictDays to tell #Congress ...to fund #RCC research!
Register: https://kidneycan.org/2022-district-days/
So much progress in #kidneycancer research in the last five years! We have YOU, our community of advocates, to thank.
But the work is unfinished. Join us on #DistrictDays to tell #Congress ...to fund #RCC research!
Register: https://kidneycan.org/2022-district-days/
@CDMRP @NIH @RallyForNIH
So much progress in #kidneycancer research in the last five years! We have YOU, our community of advocates, to thank.
But the work is unfinished. Join us on #DistrictDays to tell #Congress ...to fund #RCC research!
Register: https://kidneycan.org/2022-district-days/
Learn the basics of the #clinicaltrial process & why trial participation can make sense at any point in your treatment for #kidneycancer.
Register & let us know what questions you ...have!
https://kidneycan.org/clinical-trials-for-kidney-cancer/
@OncoAlert @brian_rini @VUMC_Cancer @ERPlimackMD @FoxChaseCancer
Join us to learn the basics of the clinical trial process and why trial participation can make sense anywhere along your treatment journey.
Register now to get your questions included in the... program!
https://kidneycan.org/clinical-trials-for-kidney-cancer/
Join us to learn the basics of the clinical trial process and why trial participation can make sense anywhere along your treatment journey.
Register now to get your questions included in the... program!
https://kidneycan.org/clinical-trials-for-kidney-cancer/
Managing medication dose vs. side effects is a common stressor for #kidneycancer patients. Dr. Hans Hammers of @utswcancer breaks down dosing for patients and gives tips for patients when ...communicating with their docs.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/frjlpzQmFxg
#KidneyCANDID #acceleratingcures #livingwithcancer #cancerlife
Managing medication dose vs. side effects is a common stressor for #kidneycancer patients. Dr. Hans Hammers of UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center breaks down dosing for patients and... gives tips for patients when communicating with their docs.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/frjlpzQmFxg
#KidneyCANDID #acceleratingcures
In this installment of KidneyCANDID, we speak to Dr. Hans Hammers of UTSW's Kidney Cancer program. Dr. Hammers shares information for patients with...
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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.
