By patients for patients

The UK’s largest and most active patient-led kidney cancer charity.

Action Kidney Cancer Patient Forum

Stronger together

Patients in our own words

During this series of videos, actual 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
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Patient 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. They hope that by sharing their stories, they will help you understand more about living with kidney cancer.

Latest news

26 Sep 2023

Coalition for reducing bureaucracy in clinical trials

20 Sep 2023

Tips for staying strong with advanced kidney cancer

11 Sep 2023

Anticancer medication and risk of blood clots in hospitalised cancer patients with COVID-19

4 Sep 2023

Steve Pointon: Supporting people with person-centred counselling

21 Aug 2023

Leicester NHS Trust receives funding for robotic surgery theatre

21 Aug 2023

Belzutifan significantly delays progression of advanced kidney cancer after other treatments have failed

15 Aug 2023

Corticosteroids during treatment with nivolumab may not affect survival in kidney cancer

15 Aug 2023

How long side effects last after treatment with axitinib is stopped

26 Jul 2023

2022 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey

25 Jul 2023

Partial nephrectomy versus ablation for early stage kidney cancer in the elderly

19 Jul 2023

Early cancer detection test using ctDNA

19 Jul 2023

WECAN Academy 2023

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