A clinical trial can be a very good option for treatment if you are suffering cancer. The most obvious reason for considering a clinical trial is obviously to find a treatment that will be best for you. Many patients join [...]
We all want the best possible treatment for our family and ourselves. When a “new” medication is mentioned in the newspaper, or on the TV, we take interest, especially if someone we love is currently living with cancer. More generally [...]
When we talk about our “immune system” we are describing a wonderfully complex network of organs, cells and molecules that protect us from infection and disease. When your immune system is working as it should, it recognizes abnormal cells, harmful [...]
In this section you can download the IKCC Kidney Cancer factsheets in various languages: English, Chinese, Ukrainian and Spanish The factsheets are available to organisations to publish on your own website. They include a ‘Distributed by:’ box on the back [...]
Factsheet "Understanding clinical trials" for download.
As a kidney cancer patient, you should be aware that the side effects of immuno-oncology treatments might be very different from side effects that you have experienced before on any prior therapies. For this reason, it’s important to understand a [...]
