Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer. It can take time to fully process a diagnosis and what, exactly, it may mean.

Stage 4 cancer means cancer cells have spread to distant tissue or organs. The relative 5-year survival rate for a person receiving a diagnosis of stage 4 small cell lung cancer (SCLS) is 3% ...

That’s when doctors call it metastatic. You might also hear it called stage IV kidney cancer. Typically, treatment is about slowing the disease down and managing symptoms to help you feel as ...

which is the most common form of kidney cancer. However, the scale of the improvement in overall survival (OS) will likely drive uptake of the drug in these patients. The new data – presented ...

Investigators compared the outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes who continued versus stopped metformin after progressing to stage 4 chronic kidney disease.