kidney cancer
Cancer Genome Analysis Unearths Potentially Targetable Tandem Repeat Expansions
Investigators identified 160 recurrent repeat expansions in seven cancer types, including a kidney cancer-related expansion that appeared susceptible to a targeted treatment.
ESHG: UK Study Finds 6 Percent of Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Carry Cancer Risk Variant
Researchers looked for pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in 121 cancer risk genes in whole-genome sequencing data from 1,336 unselected RCC patients.
Inherited Cancer Risk Detected in Significant Subset of Wilms Tumor Cases
Researchers detected hereditary cancer susceptibility in around one-third of the Wilms tumor cases profiled in the Netherlands.
Kidney Cancer Study Links Checkpoint Immunotherapy Responses to T Cell Features
Researchers from the UK used integrated genomics to analyze prospectively collected samples from metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients.
Macrophage Subpopulation May Predict Kidney Cancer Recurrence, Serve as Drug Target
The macrophage population, which expressed higher levels of three genes, was enriched in tumors of patients who experienced recurrence after surgery.