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Voice of Kidney Cancer – Caroline Sample
My kidney cancer journey was preceded by breast cancer, which was caught early through a routine mammogram. After two surgeries I returned to work in January 2010, the same month I celebrated my 60th...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – John Coulthard
Never give up! I was diagnosed April 2016 with bilateral stage 4 RCC at 63 years old. Zero symptoms so it was a bit of a surprise. Two surgeries – a full nephrectomy and a partial – by then one tumor...
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Voice of Kidney Cancer – Carol’s Story
In April 2019 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with Inlyta (axitinib) for the frontline treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Christiane Waked
Change your perspective and make cancer a thriving experience to become your best self. In October 2006, I was sitting on a bench in Paris, crying my eyes out while it was pouring rain on me, as if the...
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Six Degrees of Separation
“Six Degrees of Separation.” That was the subject line in Robin’s email last week. Here is what she had to say: “Hi Dena, not too long ago I posted in the KCCure patient support community that I...
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Voice of Kidney Cancer – Ted Engel
We buried my brother in law yesterday. Five years ago, he drove me to get one of my first infusions in an RCC clinical trial. For me, the drug that was being tested resulted in a complete response for...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Chester’s Story
I was diagnosed with kidney cancer mid-April 2019. I was scared and had no answers. Having little experience with cancer, I basically thought I was dead and leaving my wife and 3-year-old all alone...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Naomi Henley Grossman
So it’s July and it’s one year since my life changed. This was the day my doctor told me my hemoglobin had crashed to 5.2 and I had to go to the hospital for a blood transfusion. Even then, I had no...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Mary Kammerer-Miskovsky
Our life changed forever when my husband Rick was diagnosed with Stage IV aggressive clear cell renal carcinoma on New Years Eve of 2018. In the beginning, all I knew was fear until I joined KCCure....
View ArticleBarcelona
Six months before he died, my husband Chris watched a documentary about La Sagrada Familia, a basilica in Barcelona, Spain. He became fascinated with the project and told me how much he wanted to see...
View ArticleCelebrating Kidney Cancer Caregivers – Zach Juno
Zach Juno shares his journey as a caregiver and fierce advocate for his mother, a stage 4 kidney cancer survivor. I’ll never forget hearing it. “Your mother has a tumor the size of a tennis ball on...
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Celebrating Kidney Cancer Caregivers
Laura Loughlin shares the story about how her cousin Diane stepped in to serve as her caregiver during a particularly difficult time of her cancer diagnosis. This week, we’re celebrating the many...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – John Coulthard
Never give up! I was diagnosed April 2016 with bilateral stage 4 RCC at 63 years old. Zero symptoms so it was a bit of a surprise. Two surgeries – a full nephrectomy and a partial – by then one tumor...
View ArticleFear of Cancer Recurrence
In 2009, at the age of 40, my husband Chris, went to the emergency room for what we thought was appendicitis, only to have a CT scan reveal a massive tumor on his kidney. The next few days were a...
View ArticleMarch is Kidney Cancer Awareness Month
Help us tell the world that kidney cancer exists, that we’re fighting and that we need a cure! During Kidney Cancer Awareness Month: Visit us at KCCure each day, where we’ll share a new story from...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Deb Orrico Chonka
It is sad when we lose fellow warriors diagnosed with metastatic RCC. I thought I would share my story to offer some encouragement. Nine years ago today I lost my left kidney to Stage 3 RCC. My tumor...
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Voice of Kidney Cancer – Scott Johnson
My name is Scott Johnson. I was a reasonably healthy 58-year-old male until early 2019. I started feeling fatigued and confused and made an appointment with my GP. Eventually, he sent me to a...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Vicki Major Dean
I found out I had stage 4 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) days after my husband died of esophageal cancer. I never felt so alone in my life. I read the results of a chest x-ray that I had gotten on my six...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Trela and Steve
It is just past 2 a.m. I am sitting in the hospital listening to Steve snore. A bit over 20 years listening to it every night. But right now to me it is just the best sound in the world. Wednesday...
View ArticleVoice of Kidney Cancer – Yara Robertson, M.D.
In May of 2018, I developed left lower back pain that lasted 3 days. The pain was so severe that when I would take a deep breath, it would just grip me. I assumed it was a kidney stone and went in for...
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