Working together to reduce the global burden of kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is a global issue. Every year, 338,000 people worldwide will be diagnosed with kidney cancer.
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ESMO Highlights 2019
Save the date: World Kidney Cancer Day 2020
On 18 June 2020, we will be celebrating the fourth World Kidney Cancer Day. The 2020 theme will once again be ‘We need to talk’, highlighting the urgent need for more awareness and action on kidney cancer around the globe.
For further information please visit: www.worldkidneycancerday.org
Updates from IKCC
Sneak peak! Come along tomorrow to see the poster in full glory #EMUC19 @josefinebjork @AberdeenAuu @5tevenMacLennan @MiekeVHR @MariaJRibal @RachelGiles6 @philcornford @lydiamakaroff @IKCCorg https://t.co/Ixg97QodDV
Check out this recently published paper on how #clinicaltrials are failing to capture the #PatientExperience. How can we work to include relevant #PROs? #kidneycancer #unmetneed #CancerResearch #patientadvocacy https://t.co/MfGh80AIFb
New @NCCN #KidneyCancer #Guidelines highlight #paradigm shifts in therapy of #metastatic and #localized #kidneycancer @motzermd @EJonasch @DrChoueiri @drphil_urology @lep3 @ClaytonLauMD @ERPlimackMD https://t.co/ZXkiFrcmAS
Did you know?
Kidney cancer is often found by accident.
Kidney cancer is the 12th 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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