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

Aveo Announces Kidney Cancer Drug Tivozanib Meets Late-Stage Goal

January 4, 2012
“The drug helped patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma live for 11.9 months without their disease progressing in a late-stage study, compared with 9.1 months for those on Nexavar [sorafenib].”

Red meat lovers have more kidney cancer

December 28, 2011
Reuters (12/29, Pittman) reports a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggesting that people who eat high amounts of red, grilled, or barbequed meat may be at higher risk of kidney cancer. In a study of 500,000 US adults, it was found that eating the most red meat was linked with papillary cancers, but not clear-cell kidney cancers. Participants who ate high amounts of well-done grilled and barbecued meat likewise had an increased risk of kidney cancer. Researchers said the reason for the association is unclear and emphasized that the data do not prove causation.

ICUD/EAU consensus statement on mRCC

December 8, 2011
The International Consultation on Urological Diseases and the European Association of Urology have published a consensus statement on the management of mRCC.