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News Brief: U. researchers test kidney cancer drug (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Researchers at the School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center will lead a nationwide trial of anti-cancer drug combinations in patients with advanced kidney cancer, according to a Penn Medicine press release.

Belly fat raises kidney cancer risk (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Postmenopausal women who are overweight or obese appear to have a greater risk of developing, renal cell carcinoma, a common form of kidney cancer.

Belly fat raises kidney cancer risk (The West Australian)

Postmenopausal women who are overweight or obese appear to have a greater risk of developing, renal cell carcinoma, a common form of kidney cancer. Studies suggest that a larger waist girth and a history of weight loss and regain further increase this risk.

Belly fat, weight cycling ups kidney cancer risk (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Postmenopausal women who are overweight or obese appear to have a greater risk of developing, renal cell carcinoma, a common form of kidney cancer, and study findings suggest that a larger waist girth and a history of weight loss and regain further increase this risk.

Cancer trial combines multiple drugs to attack blood vessel formation in patients with kidney cancer (News-Medical-Net)

In the first clinical trial of its kind, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center will lead a nationwide test of anti-cancer drug combinations that target blood vessel growth in patients with advanced kidney cancer.

PENN Medicine News: First Multiple Drug Trial to Attack Blood Vessels in Kidney Cancer (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

PHILADELPHIA In the first clinical trial of its kind, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center will lead a nationwide test of anti-cancer drug combinations that target blood vessel growth in patients with advanced kidney cancer.

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