Working together to reduce the global burden of kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is a global issue. Every year, 431,000 people worldwide will be diagnosed with kidney cancer.
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2025 Global Kidney Cancer Summit
The 15th Global Kidney Cancer Summit is taking place 4th – 6th April 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
The conference agenda is now available here.
The conference theme is Building Evidence-Based Advocacy Skills. We are excited to present an interactive event with internationally renowned patient advocacy leaders as guest presenters from within the world of kidney cancer and beyond.
World Kidney Cancer Day 2025 – 19 June
Save the date: The next World Kidney Cancer Day will be on Thursday 19th June 2025. It is celebrated around the world every year on the third Thursday of June by patients, carers, healthcare professionals and local organisations.
Show your kidneys some love is the theme for the 2025 campaign. Based on findings from the recent Global Patient Survey, we will be focusing on raising awareness of the importance of kidney health when affected by kidney cancer.
Summary of Kidney Cancer Highlights from ASCO GU 2025
This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers (ASCO GU) Symposium was held from 13-15 February 2025, in San Francisco, California, USA. Some affiliates of the International Kidney Cancer Coalition (IKCC) went to the meeting to keep up to date with the care and treatment of patients with kidney cancer and have created a patient-friendly summary of highlights related to kidney cancer treatment. A brief ‘Take home messages’ section is followed by more in-depth review of selected abstracts.
Tweets from @IKCCorg
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#FacesofKidneyCancer: "I won't allow cancer to win. I will be traveling too fast... enjoying each moment of the BEAUTIFUL life I have been given!" --Lisa Lindsey, #KidneyCancer survivor
#KidneyCancerAwarenessMonth #AcceleratingCures
#FacesOfKidneyCancer: "Every day we have with him is a gift."
Alicia’s dad has been fighting advanced kidney cancer for nearly a decade, thanks to immunotherapy and research advances. But early detection could save even more lives.
#KidneyCancerAwarenessMonth #AcceleratingCures
Dylan Wisman was 27 when he was diagnosed with stage 3 #kidneycancer. The avid outdoorsman was in shock and turned to nature - hiking, hunting, fishing, exploring - to help get through what came next. He's now an advocate for others. Read more:
#orangeup
Kiana's father Sammie Jones was than a cancer patient; he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who wanted to live and fight to be with his family. Read her ode to her dad's struggle with #kidneycancer on our blog: https://bit.ly/4ikHrmh
#kidneycancerawarenessmonth
#FacesOfKidneyCancer: Diagnosed at 42, Andy Derr became a kidney cancer research advocate before passing in 2016. His legacy lives on through Joann and their family, pushing for research, education, and a cure.
#KidneyCancerAwarenessMonth #AcceleratingCures
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available, with updates on the IKCC Global Kidney Cancer Summit, World Kidney Cancer Day 2025, a message from our new Executive Director Olivier Exertier, and more! https://mailchi.mp/ikcc/newsletter_march_2025-5855257 #KidneyCancer #IKCC25
Did you know?
Kidney cancer is often found by accident.
Kidney cancer is the 14th most prevalent cancer worldwide.
About 59 per cent of kidney cancer cases occur in more developed countries.
Our Global Network
IKCC welcomes every organisation that has an interest in kidney cancer and who pledges to conform to our Code of Conduct. We extend an open invitation to become part of this international network.
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