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How one family’s huddle turned into a $53,000 movement — and a master class in the kind of stubborn, almost-delusional hope that fuels kidney cancer research. Veronica McLaughlin will tell you, with a laugh, that she has “delusions of grandeur.” When she started planning a March fundraising...

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How one family’s huddle turned into a $53,000 movement — and a master class in the kind of stubborn, almost-delusional hope that fuels kidney cancer research. Veronica McLaughlin will tell you, with a laugh, that she has “delusions of grandeur.” When she started planning a March fundraising...

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KidneyCAN CEO Bryan Lewis recently spent a full day immersed in one of the most dynamic kidney cancer research environments in the country: UC San Diego Health, guided by Dr. Rana McKay, a nationally recognized medical oncologist and leader in genitourinary (GU) cancer research. From breathtaking...

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Reed on 3! Lessons on Hype (and Hope) When Facing Kidney Cancer

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Apr 29, 2026

How one family’s huddle turned into a $53,000 movement — and a master class in the kind of stubborn, almost-delusional hope that fuels kidney cancer research. Veronica McLaughlin will tell you, with a laugh, that she has “delusions of grandeur.” When she started planning a March fundraising...

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First In Human Trial for Kidney Cancer: Watching and Waiting

First In Human Trial for Kidney Cancer: Watching and Waiting

by adrian.hayes@kidneycan.org | Apr 4, 2019 | Patient Stories

The treatment part of this Phase 1 clinical trial for kidney cancer is over, now we’re in the watching and waiting phase. My husband, Ralph, is patient #3 in a first in human clinical trial for kidney cancer at NIH.  He was diagnosed with stage IV Kidney Cancer...
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Clinical trials are vital to Medical Research

by adrian.hayes@kidneycan.org | Mar 30, 2019 | Advocacy News

My husband is participating in a first in human or Phase 1 clinical trial.  This trial is for kidney cancer and being conducted at The National Institutes of Health (NIH).  I’ll be writing about his experience as a trial patient over the next several weeks....
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NCI Leader in Kidney Cancer

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