Participate in a Study

Patients who take place in clinical trials have the first chance to benefit from treatments that have shown promise in earlier research. They also make an important contribution to medical science by helping doctors learn more about the disease. Although clinical trials may pose some risk, researchers take careful steps to protect people who take part.

Surgical advances are being made in kidney cancer including using special circulatory bypass techniques to remove tumors that previously were considered unresectable, and using different energy forms, such as radiofrequency (heat) or cryotherapy (cold), to treat kidney tumors.

Some experimental immune therapies are being researched, such as doing mini stem cell transplants to create immune responses to the tumor.

Learn more about clinical studies and what they are all about.

Check here for a list of clinical trials for renal cell carcinoma at SCCA. For patients with advanced disease, be sure to check the current roster of open Phase 1 trials.