The Kidney Cancer Fact Pack provides details of treatments however, please see below for additional options.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is commonly used in many types of cancer. In some cancers it is used to treat the primary cancer, but in kidney cancer it is mostly used to treat secondary cancer (metastases).
Clinical Trials
Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trials Portfolio
Click here to download Clinical Trials Spreadsheet
Efficacy and Safety Comparison of RAD001 Versus Sunitinib
Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RECORD-3)
Novartis Oncology UK have recently opened a new clinical trial for Everolimus in RCC in the UK (open at 3 sites) and they wish to raise awareness of this trial and to expedite recruitment.
The study opened in May 2010 and is due to close in March 2011.
Predict
(Personalised RNA Interference to Enhance the Delivery of Individualised Chemotherapeutics and Targeted Therapies)
The aim of the PREDICT Consortium is to identify molecular markers to help select patients that may benefit from drugs used to treat kidney cancer.
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