Kidney Cancer Association

ROBOTCYSTOPROSTOTECTOURETHRALLYMTHOLOBOT OMY (I usually wait until Jan 16th to post this but thought I might forget so did it today just in case. This, of course, makes a big assumption that I will still be alive on the 16th but I'm optimistic and getting more and more optimysticer every day..) I’m so freekin’ happy to have lived another year. Five years ago on Jan. 16th, I met the ... Read More

Cancer metabolism is different from normal cell metabolism. Many people know that tumors produce acidosis in the tumor environment (outside cells, not inside). This is called Warburg effect. But even if you take alkalizing salts (baking soda) you cannot stop cancer, that will only slow it down a little. It's just to show that cancer research in ongoing in different directions. And ... Read More

Some people ask me about the immunotherapy science in PMs. I wrote several times about this topic. This is a simplistic mechanism of a T cell work of the adaptive immune system (B cells are not mentioned). Microbes and cancer cells which have abnormal protein sequences are antigens for our immune system and need to be killed off. They are first recognized by the innate immune system ... Read More

Dear members, As patients and caregivers, we have more sources of medical information available to us than ever before to help us make the best decisions possible for our health. Advice from our doctors is sometimes not the same as the information we learn from the experiences of our peers, and there are often other sources of information available as well. Some of our decisions feel ... Read More

By Radha_Inspire Digital Editor, Inspire A Personal Health column at the New York Times today discussed what to say and, crucially, what not to say, to cancer patients based on a book called Loving, Supporting and Caring for the Cancer Patient by Dr. Stan Goldberg, a prostate cancer patient and communications specialist at San Francisco State University. Any type of discussion about ... Read More

My husband recently had pneumonia and they noticed a mass on his kidney. The second ct scan showed it is contained to the kidney aND they are saying it's stage 1. Will surgery on January 11th answer more questions about the mass? The mass is small. 3cm or so. Haven't been given an exact answer on that. Do they know for sure it hasn't spread by just looking at the ct scan ... Read More

Im not sure where to ask this but here it goes. I had a partial nephrectomy in November 2016. Diagnosis was Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma. My husband had recently purchased a Aflac Cancer Policy through his employer. Such A blessing. Within a week we had a check for the initial diagnosis. We have since sent in all my hospital and doctor bills and my question is does anyone have ... Read More

Faulty Towers Insane Asylum and Correctional Facility Good day to all. We, the staff, at FTA&CF wish you all well. The wrinkled old Indian man known as Katuha who calls himself Dr. K. (we’re pretty sure he isn’t a real doctor) has been a resident here for a number of years now and we wanted to let you in on his current condition just in case anyone is actually interested. What’s left ... Read More

My father was diagnosed with mRCC with metastatic lesions in lungs. Left nephrectomy and left chest 5th rib plus some large tumour around left lung was excised in may. He was on sutent 50, 2 wk on and 1 wk off schedule since june2016 till last week. PET scan done 2 days back to see results showed although various lymphnodes around lungs showed regression, new lesions of clear cell ... Read More

Dear members, Like many, we’ve been watching the phenomenon of the Pokemon Go app, and not only many of our employees and friends are actively catching Pokemon, but several Inspire members have recently shared their experiences about how this has positively impacted their health. The game, as I suspect many of you know, allows players to use their mobile devices to explore real-world ... Read More