Kidney Cancer

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After dual cancer diagnoses, a couple rediscovers what’s important
Patty and Mark Loeffler, both 66, live active lives in Rancho Mirage, California. They are enthusiastic hikers and golfers, and they love to travel — especially to visit their seven...
A cross-country trip leads to an unexpected diagnosis
Kevin O’Connor Many patients who come to City of Hope have never heard of the institution, never before set foot on the Duarte campus. The same cannot be said of Kevin O’Connor...
New study finds continuing immunotherapy once cancer progresses doesn't work and could cause harm
CONTACT-03 trial finds increased toxicity without clinical benefit in patients with advanced kidney cancer who received additional checkpoint inhibitor therapy after disease progression CONTACT Letisia Marquez 626-476-7593 lemarquez@coh.org LOS ANGELES...
City of Hope Studies New Ways to Treat Cancer With CAR T Cell Therapy
With our clinical care, research and production facilities all on one campus, City of Hope has one of the most comprehensive CAR T programs worldwide. Our researchers and physicians are...
A trial that failed — and why it’s big news
Usually we write about successful trials that introduce new, advanced treatments. This article, though, is about a trial that failed — but a failure that was so significant, it was...
Innovative biochemist studies causes and effects of diabetes complications
Rama Natarajan, Ph.D., the National Business Products Industry Professor in Diabetes Research, first joined City of Hope in 1990 as an assistant research scientist. Soon after, she identified the role of...
Microbiome product may enhance kidney cancer treatment
City of Hope and Osel Inc., a company developing live biotherapeutic products for modulation of the human microbiome, today announced Phase 1 trial data showing that use of the live...
City of Hope and Osel announce live biotherapeutic product CBM588 may enhance efficacy of immunotherapy for patients with metastatic kidney cancer
 CONTACTCity of HopeZen Vuong626-409-9367zvuong@coh.org CONTACT for OselMichelle LinnBioscribe774-696-3803michelle@bioscribe.com Additional Phase 1 clinical trial of CBM588 plus immune checkpoint and...
Scientists showcase new research at 2020 AACR Virtual Meeting II
City of Hope scientists will showcase research at the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II that could one day lead to real-time diagnostic imaging and leading-edge genomic profiling that improve health...
Study IDs most effective drug for metastatic kidney cancer
In a clinical trial that put three targeted drugs to the test, the small molecule inhibitor cabozantinib was found most effective in treating patients with metastatic papillary kidney cancer — findings...