News tagged with renal cell
Freezing kidney cancer: Hot treatment should be new gold standard for destroying small tumors
Freezing kidney tumors—using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery—should be the gold standard or first treatment option for all individuals ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation
A recent study by Scripps Research Institute scientists offers good news for families of children afflicted with the rare genetic disorder, cystinosis. In research that holds out hope for one day developing a potential therapy ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Mutations in the genome regulation machinery identified in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
In a new study, scientists have searched for mutations in the gene regions of more than 100 kidney cancer samples, the largest number of samples from a single tumour type to be sequenced to date.
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Milk and risk of renal cell cancer: Genetic research sheds new light
While previous research had suggested that drinking milk was related to factors that may increase the risk of renal cell cancer, results of a recent study exploiting the genetic contribution to variation in milk consumption ...
May 06, 2010 |
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New tool for pre-surgical detection of kidney cancers may help patients avoid unnecessary surgeries
Kidney cancer is a radiographic diagnosis which means treatment decisions are often made based on the findings of a solid mass on CT or MRI. Unfortunately these tests cannot distinguish the different types of kidney cancers ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Genetically modified cell procedure may prove useful in treating kidney failure
A protein whose primary role is in the embryonic development of kidneys may play a future role in treating kidney failure.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer
In an international Phase III randomized study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival for patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Anti-aging hormone Klotho inhibits renal fibrosis, cancer growth
A natural hormone known to inhibit aging can also protect kidneys against renal fibrosis, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have demonstrated.
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Researchers find new insights into inherited retinal disease
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered new links between a common form of inherited blindness affecting children and a gene known ...
Jan 17, 2010 |
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Parkinson's drug could treat restless leg syndrome
A drug prescribed for Parkinson's disease may also treat restless leg syndrome without the adverse side effects of current therapies, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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2-drug combination appears safe and active in metastatic kidney cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center investigators report that a two-drug blockade of mTOR signaling appears safe in metastatic kidney cancer in a phase I trial. Early data suggests that a combination of temsirolimus and bryostatin may ...
May 31, 2009 |
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