A study led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why a rare and hyper-aggressive subtype of kidney cancer is susceptible to immunotherapy—information that helped researchers ...

A new study offers hope that kidney transplant patients could one day have a monthly treatment instead of multiple pills every day. The new treatment also may reduce side effects and increase the ...

New immunotherapy drug combinations are significantly extending survival for patients with advanced kidney cancer, one of the fastest-growing cancers in the United States, according to oncologists and ...

Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that harnesses the body’s immune system to fight cancer. It helps the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells, which can sometimes be hidden from the body’s ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed treatment for many types of cancer. In some patients, however, ICIs are associated with immune-related complications that can affect the kidneys.

TKI-based regimens remain the primary approach for metastatic renal cell carcinoma after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, even in later treatment lines. The study involved 293 patients, ...

UCLA researchers have developed a new kind of immunotherapy that uses specially engineered immune cells equipped with built-in weapons to attack kidney cancer tumors and reprogram their protective ...

Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy before surgery for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer—the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide—improved long-term survival overall compared with ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Kidney cancer is one of the fastest-growing cancers in the U.S. Until recently, a diagnosis of advanced disease often meant just a few years to live. Now, new immunotherapy ...

Acute renal failure, now referred to as acute kidney injury, is a common and clinically important problem. Acute kidney injury frequently occurs as a result of acute tubular necrosis (ATN), which is ...

Keytruda is an immunotherapy drug that is prescribed to cancer patients and is used to treat different types of cancer. It was first approved by the FDA in 2014 for the treatment of advanced or ...