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Action to Cure Kidney Cancer

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Topic: Kidney
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Sort Desciption: Kidney Cancer Facts. 10th most common cancer. Men are twice as likely to get Kidney Cancer as women. Equal occurrence among African-Americans, Whites and Hispanics with rates rising fastest among African-Americans ...

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Kidney Cancer Facts
10th most common cancer
Men are twice as likely to get Kidney Cancer as women
Equal occurrence among African-Americans, Whites and Hispanics with rates rising fastest among African-Americans
Higher incidence in urban areas
Usually occurs in adults between ages of 50 and 70 but rising incidence among younger people
A third of patients have metastases at time of diagnosis
Five-year survival rate in patients with metastasized kidney cancer is 9% -median survival is 12 months
Kidney Cancer has been known to recur 5, 10, or 20+ years after original diagnosis and treatment (i.e. nephrectomy )

Treatment
Surgical removal of all or part of kidney to remove the tumor usually radical nephrectomy Chemotherapy is rarely effective for kidney cancer since the kidneys function to filter out toxic chemicals
Radiation therapy is rarely effective
No proven adjuvant therapy to prevent recurrence (like Tamoxofin for breast cancer )
Interleukin-2 is the only FDA-approved drug therapy for metastatic Kidney Cancer
less than 15% response with a cure rate of only 5% ...

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