News from LufeeBoard Certified Renal Specialist, Nina Kolbe, Publishes Second Edition of Kidney Health Gourmet: A Diet Guide and Kidney Friendly Recipes for People Not on Dialysis(02-23-2010 06:34 PM)VARI Findings May Help Patients With Deadly Kidney Cancer(02-19-2010 08:59 PM)Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have found a way to reverse resistance to sunitinib, a treatment that is currently the first line of defense against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), a deadly form of kidney cancer. Most patients who show a positive response to sunitinib develop a resistance to the drug after one year of treatment... Reversing resistance to sunitinib: Findings may help patients with deadly kidney cancer(02-19-2010 10:04 AM)Researchers have found a way to reverse resistance to sunitinib, a treatment that is currently the first line of defense against clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a deadly form of kidney cancer. Most patients who show a positive response to sunitinib develop a resistance to the drug after one year of treatment. Renal Cell Carcinoma: Similar Survival Between Combination And Single Therapy, But Longer Remissions In Some Patients(02-11-2010 02:49 PM)An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that combination therapy for renal cell carcinoma does not improve overall or progression-free survival compared with single therapy using interferon alfa-2a alone. Still, the combined regimen might still have a function because it can produce remissions that are of clinically relevant length in some patients... |
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