Kidney cancer is moderately common, the sixth-most prevalent cancer diagnosis for men and women. Benjamin L. Maughan, MD, PharmD, assistant professor in the division of medical oncology, answers ...

ABINGTON, Pa. (WPVI) -- To treat or not to treat? It's a common dilemma when cysts and masses are found by accident during tests for other medical conditions. A new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center ...

The presence and number of kidney cysts, particularly in the medulla, may be an additional imaging-based biomarker for progressive CKD after radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer. Among patients who ...

Often kidney cyst and kidney tumour induce the same kind of fear. But according to Dr. Sumit Bansal, consultant – urology, Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, they are distinctly different. In an ...

MIT researchers including Robert Croy (left) and Bogdan Fedeles have discovered that a drug they originally developed as a potential cancer treatment may also hold promise in treating autosomal ...

A cancer drug called bosutinib may inhibit the growth of cysts in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal ...

A specially engineered antibody that can infiltrate kidney cysts has shown the ability to block key growth signals driving ...

Every cancer diagnosis comes with different levels of certainty, sometimes making a diagnosis tricky. The initial image offered by radiologic scans may look different once a cystic tumor is removed ...

These cysts slowly get bigger and multiply, damaging the kidneys and making it harder for them to work properly. In the later ...

Interest in ivermectin for kidney cancer has come primarily from preclinical studies. Authors of a review from China stated that ivermectin "preferentially targets renal cancer through inducing ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the ...