Welcome to Kidney Cancer Care

Welcome to the McMaster University - St. Joseph’s Healthcare Kidney Cancer Centre of Excellence (KCCE) website. This is a patient-oriented portal providing information and links regarding the cutting edge management of kidney cancer. Here you will find up-to-date information about kidney cancer and its treatment, recent advances in management, current clinical research information, and links to our basic science research program. We hope you find this website informative and useful and we welcome your feedback.

Anil Kapoor, MD, FRCSC
Director
McMaster – SJH Kidney Cancer Centre of Excellence (KCCE)

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What’s new in Kidney Cancer Care

New Immunoassay May Help Detect Kidney Cancer.

March 14, 2013.

A new immunoassay shows promise as a screening tool for detecting early renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Kidney Tumor Ablation Ideal for Selected Patients

February 06, 2013

Ablation therapies are a particularly good option for patients who are not fit for surgery. The ideal tumor is small (less than 5 cm), peripheral, and exophytic. Ablation also is safer than surgery. The complication rate for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is 30%, compared with less than 10% for cryotherapy and 2%-7% with RFA.

Kidney Cancer Biomarkers Remain Elusive

February 06, 2013

Although clinicians have drugs that are effective in treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), they still have no biomarkers to predict therapeutic response. Rosalie Fisher, MD, Clinical Research Fellow at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, told attendees at the Renal and Bladder Cancer 4th National Conference.