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Kidney cancer research is underfunded
40 Lives per day
This year, more than 76,000 Americans will be diagnosed with kidney cancer and almost 14,000 kidney cancer patients will lose their lives. The need for research and additional treatment options is urgent.
A Poor Prognosis
Despite amazing strides in kidney cancer treatment, the prognosis for those with stage IV disease remains poor. The five-year survival rate is just under 10%.
More work needs doing, and we advocate to fund that work.
FUNDING HAPPENS IN D.C.
Every year, lobbyists flood Washington, D.C., to ensure that their interests get prioritized when Congress appropriates funding. In this video, KidneyCAN President Bryan Lewis explains how you have to speak up and get a seat at that table — otherwise, “you’re on the menu.”
A TELLING COMPARISON
Melanoma and kidney cancer have long been considered sister diseases. Both have dire prognoses and a very poor response to traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Both are among the most responsive of all cancers to immunotherapy.
Statistics show 40% more patients die from kidney cancer each year than melanoma. However, in recent years, melanoma research has received in both private funding and federal grants many times the funding for kidney cancer research.
Ready to Fight?
There are so many ways you can help. We need your voice! If every person impacted by kidney cancer did a little to speak up for the community, we would be impossible to ignore.
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For this installment of #KidneyCANDID, Dr. Sumanta Pal of City of Hope shares two things patients can do as they prepare for their #kidneycancer appointments.
▶️ Questions & Support: What to Bring to Your Kidney Cancer Oncology Appointment
Watch here: https://youtu.be/eSHbG7OeYHg
Have a topic you'd like us to cover in another episode of #KidneyCANDID? Comment below or email us at [email protected]!
Today, KidneyCAN is working with One Voice Against Cancer to advocate for #cancer research funding. Here we are with Senator Toomey's office (PA), along with Senator Warnock's office (GA). Thank you to Livestrong and other organizations lifting their voices today!
We urge Congress to support $49 billion in #funding for the NIH and $7.766 billion for the NCI.
Let’s save lives through #CancerResearch!
#CancerVoice22
It's not too late to join us for the next Town Hall event in our series! Learn about shared decision-making and your immunotherapy choices from leading oncologists.
Register now: https://bit.ly/ImmunotherapyTownHall
#kidneycan #immunotherapy #townhall #livingwithcancer #cancerlife #kidneycancer #patienteducation
It's not too late to register for our next Town Hall event! Learn about immunotherapy choices for #kidneycancer treatment from leading oncologists. We'll have Dr. Naomi Haas from Penn Medicine, Dr. Hans Hammers from UTSW, and Dr. Monty Pal from City of Hope.
📅 Tues, April 26
🕔 5:00 PM EDT
💻 Free Webinar via Zoom
Register now! https://bit.ly/ImmunotherapyTownHall
#kidneycan #livingwithcancer #cancerlife #patienteducation #empoweredpatient #shareddecisionmaking
Reminder! Our next patient education town hall will explore immunotherapy options for #kidneycancer patients.
📅 April 26th
🕔 5:00 pm ET
💻 via Zoom webinar
Register here: https://bit.ly/ImmunotherapyTownHall
Featuring Drs. Naomi Haas of UPenn, Hans Hammers of UTSW, and Monty Pal of City of Hope. Join us to hear this panel of leading expert oncologists discuss how they share the immunotherapy decision-making process with their patients.
Researchers! KidneyCAN is accepting abstracts for the 2022 Kidney Cancer Research Summit on October 6-7 in Philadelphia, PA.
Don't miss the opportunity to be part of this incredible meeting for #kidneycancer specialists.
Abstract submission guidelines and full details here: http://bit.ly/KCRS22Abstracts
#kidneycancerresearch #cancerresearch #kcsm
Another educational opportunity for #KidneyCancer patients!
Learn from some of the nation's top doctors at Yale Cancer Center. Tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:00 PM ET.
Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1uI0atogTR2VKcFC_W78Fg
Hear the latest in kidney cancer care, emerging therapies and general wellness from Dr. Thomas Hutson DO, Pharm.D., FACP of Texas Oncology and a panel of experts at @curetoday's Educated Patient® Kidney Cancer Summit on Saturday, April 9th .
Connect with the kidney cancer community and empower your own journey!
Learn more and reserve your virtual seat:
http://ow.ly/weVJ50Ivtjy
#educatedpatient #kidneycancer
We continue to honor the caregivers in our community during #KidneyCancerAwareness month. Tracy shares her insightful perspective along with the decisions she and her wife Julie had to make when facing a diagnosis.
Read more:
https://kidneycan.org/tracys-story-a-caregivers-perspective/
#kidneycancer #caregiving #cancerlife #livingwithcancer #caregiving #KCAM
