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Black patients with kidney cancer have poorer survival than whites

Among patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, whites consistently have a survival advantage over blacks, regardless of patient and tumor characteristics or surgical treatment. That is the conclusion of a new ...

Cancer Nov 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Stop taking steroids: Kidney transplant recipients may not need long-term prednisone

Rapid discontinuation of the immunosuppressive steroid prednisone after a kidney transplant can help prevent serious side effects, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American So ...

Other Jan 26, 2012 | not rated yet | 0