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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
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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

4 Sep 2025

First-line benmelstobart plus anlotinib versus sunitinib in advanced kidney cancer

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1 Sep 2025

New immunotherapy for metastatic kidney cancer could help improve outcomes

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29 Aug 2025

One Cancer Voice urges government to deliver an ambitious, fully-funded National Cancer Plan

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27 Aug 2025

Vigorous exercise as a potential risk factor in renal medullary carcinoma

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26 Aug 2025

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for advanced kidney cancer

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26 Aug 2025

The Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial

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20 Aug 2025

Minimally invasive, maximally effective: The rise of Interventional Oncology

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19 Aug 2025

Combination treatment shows benefits in rare, aggressive kidney cancer

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13 Aug 2025

Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a test for kidney cancer

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7 Aug 2025

Comparison of real-world outcomes from combination therapies for advanced kidney cancer

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6 Aug 2025

Pembrolizumab plus axitinib shows sustained benefit in advanced kidney cancer

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6 Aug 2025

Pembrolizumab-axitinib versus nivolumab-cabozantinib as first-line treatment for metastatic kidney cancer

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Action Kidney Cancer4 hours ago
A new immunotherapy called benmelstobart, which blocks the action of the immunosuppressant, PD-L1, in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) called anlotinib was compared with sunitinib as first-line treatment for advanced kidney cancer.

Read more about this exciting new treatment on our website here:
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First-line benmelstobart plus anlotinib versus sunitinib in advanced kidney cancer - Action Kidney Cancer
A new immunotherapy called benmelstobart, which blocks the action of the immunosuppressant, PD-L1, in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) called anlotinib was compared with sunitinib as first-line treatment for advanced kidney cancer. There were 687 patients in the study who were rand...
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Researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a new kind of immunotherapy that uses specially engineered immune cells that attack kidney cancer tumours without the need to customise treatment for each individual patient.

Read about this exciting research on our website here: https://actionkidneycancer.org/new-immunotherapy-for-metastatic-kidney-cancer-could-help-improve-outcomes/
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Action Kidney Cancer united with over 60 national charities as One Cancer Voice to call on the UK Government to deliver an ambitious, fully funded National Cancer Plan for England to improve the lives and treatment of people with cancer.

Read more on our website here:
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Action Kidney Cancer6 days ago
This week Julia one of our team was delighted to meet with Steve Pointon and some of the people who helped make the recent Northern Soul and Motown event they held on the 10th August at The Coppenhall Club a resounding success where they raised a fantastic £2056 for us.
Also in the picture are some of the organisers, three generations of the the Pointon family, Dave, Steve and special helper Ernie, along with Clive Read & Jonnie Briggs from Crewe soul club and manager of the venue Phil Taylor.
Thank you to all the organisers, volunteers and dancers who made this another incredible event.
We look forward to seeing you again next year on the 9th August 2026.

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Action Kidney Cancer1 week ago
Cancer survivors and those diagnosed with forms of the disease have been outside of Westminster explaining what it is they need from the UK government:

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Cancer survivors and those diagnosed with forms of the disease have been outside of Westminster explaining what it is they need from the UK government.
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Action Kidney Cancer1 week ago
More than six million new cancer cases could be diagnosed in England between now and 2040, according to leading charities.

This would equate to a diagnosis every two minutes, which is up from one every four minutes in the 1970s.

A coalition of more than 60 cancer charities, known as One Cancer Voice, is warning the government must take urgent steps to tackle cancer care in England.

Yesterday a group of charities visited parliament to raise awareness of these statistics before the publication of the government's NHS Cancer Plan later this year.

Watch the coverage from Sky here:

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England warned it faces six million new cancer cases by 2040
More than six million new cancer cases could be diagnosed in England between now and 2040, according to leading charities.This would equate to a diagnosis ev...
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