Working together to reduce the global burden of kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is a global issue. Every year, 431,000 people worldwide will be diagnosed with kidney cancer.

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Global Kidney Cancer Summit 2024

The 14th Global Kidney Cancer Summit is taking place 14th – 16th April 2024 in Seoul, Korea.

Building on past years, we are expanding the focus of the Global Summit beyond education to be more inclusive and foster more conversation and sharing. Sessions will help delegates incorporate their experiences at the conference into tangible action plans.

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Summary of Kidney Cancer Highlights from ASCO GU 2024

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers (ASCO GU) Symposium was held from 25-27 January 2024, in San Francisco, California, USA. The presentations are available to view on the ASCO website. Some affiliates of the International Kidney Cancer Coalition (IKCC) went to the meeting to keep up to date with the care and treatment of patients with kidney cancer. A brief ‘Take home messages’ section is followed by more in-depth review of selected abstracts.

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World Kidney Cancer Day 2024

World Kidney Cancer Day 2024 will take place on Thursday 20th June.

This year the theme is ‘listening’.

Being listened to: Highlighting the benefits of shared decision making.

If you don’t feel listened to: Helping patients feel empowered to seek a second opinion.

Choosing who you listen to: Creating awareness around misinformation and how to check if sources are reliable.

Details of resources and events will be available nearer the time, but be sure to save the date and find out how your organisation can get involved by contacting wkcd@ikcc.org

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Did you know?

Kidney cancer is often found by accident.

Kidney cancer is the 14th most prevalent cancer worldwide.

About 59 per cent of kidney cancer cases occur in more developed countries.

Our Global Network

IKCC welcomes every organisation that has an interest in kidney cancer and who pledges to conform to our Code of Conduct. We extend an open invitation to become part of this international network.

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