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'Aquaman' actor Dolph Lundgren reveals he almost died during 8-year battle
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Veteran actor Dolph Lundgren, who is best known for his role in 'Aquaman', recently opened up about his eight-year battle with kidney cancer.
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Research reveals lymph node sampling during kidney tumor surgery is safe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Surgery for children with kidney tumours has always been handled with extreme care. While there is a growing body of evidence that children who have extended lymph node sampling during surgery have better outcomes, some have questioned whether removing more lymph nodes as part of cancer stag
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Patients receive lymph node sampling during kidney surgery tumor don't exp
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A study has found pediatric patients who receive more extended lymph node sampling during surgery for Wilms tumor, and other types of pediatric renal tumors, do not experience any more post-surgical complications.
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Study finds biomarker can predict how kidney cancer patients respond to im
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to new research, a biomarker signature can predict how well kidney cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy before treatment even starts. This biomarker signature is made up of the number of immune cells in and around kidney tumours, the volume of dead cancer tissue, and mutat
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Kauvery Hospital gives a New Lease of Life for a 6-Year-Old Girl Affected
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed procedure to remove a malignant tumour in the kidney of a 6-year-old girl. The child prese
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For small kidney cancers, freezing better option than heat treatment
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For patients with early-stage renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) that measure between 3 and 4 centimeters, a procedure that destroys the cancer by freezing - called cryoablation - yields a lower-risk of cancer-related death compared to heat-based thermal ablation, reports a preliminary study in T
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Gene signature points to prognosis in kidney cancer: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): A new study by Karolinska Institutet has revealed that among patients with kidney cancer, the activity of four specific genes in the cancer cells seems to be able to predict the risk of the tumour spreading and the patient's chances of survival.
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New clinical trial at a US University finds new way to treat kidney cancer
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dallas (Texas) [US], August 21 (ANI): There are many different types of kidney cancer, and they can manifest with a few small metastases or many large ones. Today, though, every patient receives the same care. All of them are given medication.
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Understanding treatment and management of Kidney Cancer
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 13 (ANI/Mediawire): Kidneys are nature's most sophisticated filters. They are bean-shaped organs that filter whole blood by extracting many elements and retaining the required elements for the whole body. They filter urine and unnecessary waste products and maintai
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New immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer offered by study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL have found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Study offers new immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL, found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Risk of recurring kidney cancer can be reduced by using old drug at earlie
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to the findings of new research, using an existing drug for late-stage kidney cancer at an earlier stage of the disease could reduce the risk of cancer recurring by a third.
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