Welcome to Action Kidney Cancer

The United Kingdom’s only patient-led kidney cancer charity

Patient Support Forum

Stronger together

In our own words

During this series of videos, kidney cancer patients and carers talk frankly about their experiences, emotions and how to live well with a diagnosis of kidney cancer
Coping with a diagnosis of kidney cancer
Talking about kidney cancer
A carer’s perspective

Real stories

The lives of all these people have been affected by kidney cancer
Some are patients, some are carers, all are stories by real people sharing their experiences of living with kidney cancer

Latest kidney cancer news

23 Jul 2025

Metastasis-Directed Radiotherapy Shows Improved Kidney Cancer Outcomes

21 Jul 2025

NHS England Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2024

4 Jul 2025

Government publishes NHS 10-year Health Plan

1 Jul 2025

Screening programme to be extended to Wakefield

1 Jul 2025

Cabozantinib most promising for refractory metastatic kidney cancer

20 Jun 2025

Combination therapy shows promise for hereditary papillary kidney cancer

19 Jun 2025

Unprecedented boost for clinical trials under 10 Year Health Plan

13 Jun 2025

Kidney cancer research highlights from ASCO 2025

21 May 2025

The financial implications of a cancer diagnosis

19 May 2025

Cancer waiting times: latest updates

14 May 2025

Kidney cancer becoming more common in younger people?

30 Apr 2025

UK regulators approve injectable form of nivolumab for solid tumours

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Action Kidney Cancer3 days ago
A recent phase 2 clinical trial has shown that radiotherapy directed at metastases (stereotactic radiotherapy) resulted in promising survival rates and low side effects for patients with metastatic clear cell kidney cancer who had up to five metastases (oligometastatic disease) without the need for anti-cancer medication.

Read more on our website here:
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Action Kidney Cancer5 days ago
Every year, the NHS finds out what cancer patients think about cancer services. To do this, they send out a survey to cancer patients and their families. This report looks at the main things people said about the cancer care they got in 2024.

See the highlights of the report on our website here:
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Action Kidney Cancer2 weeks ago
We are thinking of Donna Pallot and @Michelle Ashley they are doing a skydive today to raise funds for us. Thank you so much you are so brave!

Today would have been their sisters Sarah’s 46th birthday and to honour her memory Michelle and Donna are doing the skydive.

They are raising funds for us to ensure that others who are battling kidney cancer receive the support and care they need and to raise awareness of kidney cancer.

If you would like to read more about Sarah pleaser follow the link below:
https://actionkidneycancer.org/.../a-skydive-in-memory.../

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Action Kidney Cancer4 weeks ago
Great news - Hundreds of people in Wakefield and across the region will benefit from life-saving abdomen scans following new funding from Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Read more on our website here:
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Action Kidney Cancer4 weeks ago
In an interesting European study of second-line treatments for metastatic kidney cancer that does not respond to first-line treatment, or becomes resistant to first-line treatment (refractory kidney cancer), cabozantinib was the most commonly used treatment and results in good outcomes for patients.

Read more on our website here:
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Action Kidney Cancer4 weeks ago
If you would like to help us support patients and families affected by kidney cancer a great way to do so would be to host a Mad Hatters Tea Party.

Now the sun is shining this is a great time to meet with friends and loved ones, why not have tea and a cake or a full afternoon tea, the choice is yours and raise some funds for us at the same time.

To get started please follow the link below, where you will find lots of great ideas on host your party or contact Karen@actionkidneycancer.org

https://actionkidneycancer.org/get.../mad-hatters-tea-party/

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