Watch Past Meetings

Patient & Caregiver Forum
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT

Hundreds of patients and caregivers packed the Kidney Cancer Canada - Cancer du rein Canada 2019 National Patient and Caregiver Conference in Vancouver to learn how to live, survive and cure the disease. 

Participants discovered details on new drugs, therapies, how they improve their quality of life and survival.

Patient & Caregiver Forum
LIVE IT, SURVIVE IT, CURE IT

Each year our annual forum brings together patients, caregivers, clinicians and researchers to share information. The all-day session provides an opportunity to network with other patients and caregivers and to talk one-on-one with leading kidney cancer experts. 

Topics will include the latest strategies and information to help you Live it, Survive it and Cure it.

Halifax Patient & Caregiver Meeting
LIVING WITH KIDNEY CANCER IN THE MARITIMES

Dr. Lori Wood presents the latest kidney cancer treatments, development in research and how to access clinical trials. Kidney cancer survivor and kidney transplant recipient, Deby Nash, joins the session to share her experience with the disease.

MEETING
DETAILS

Webinar
CLINICAL TRIALS

How do I access clinical trials, how do I know which clinical trial is best for me, how do I start the conversation on clinical trials with my treating physician – these are but a few questions we often hear from patients and caregivers. We want to answers these questions and much more with our webinar featuring Dr. Daniel Heng, internationally renowned researcher and oncologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, AB. Kidney cancer patient and patient advocate Deb Maskens joins the webinar with patient perspective on clinical trials.

Vancouver Patient & Caregiver Meeting
LIVE WELL WITH KIDNEY OR BLADDER CANCER

Kidney Cancer Canada and Bladder Cancer Canada join forces with top genitourinary specialists and researchers for an interactive and informative meeting on the latest hot topics in the management of these two cancers.  Join us for this in-person meeting and talk to leading experts from British Columbia, Dr. Alan So (kidney lead) and Dr. Peter Black (bladder lead).

Webinar
DRUG, DRUG INTERACTION AND MANAGING SIDE EFFECTS

Our webinar on drugs, drug interaction and managing side effects is an excellent opportunity to further your knowledge of kidney cancer therapies and ask questions to pharmacist Louiselle Godbout. Dawn Knight, oncology nurse joins the webinar to answer questions on side effects management.

National Webinar
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE KIDNEY CANCER TREATMENT NEWS

Dr. Christian Kollmannsberger (BC) and Dr. Anil Kapoor (ON) bring you the latest treatment information from the European Society Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress in our National Webinar. Kidney cancer survivor, Hélène Veilleux (QC) joins the doctors with the patient perspective of treatment.

Patient & Caregiver Bilingual Forum
LIVE IT! SURVIVE IT! CURE IT!

Wingchair discussion
Dr Neil Reaume moderates this session with leading kidney cancer doctors discussing where the treatment landscape is at and what to expect in the future.

Live It, Survive It, Cure It panels
Panels of experts have been assembled around three themes: LIVE IT, SURVIVE IT, CURE IT. An introduction on each topic is presented followed by a moderated discussion with panel of experts. Speakers interact with the audience throughout the discussion by answering their questions.

Durham Region Patient & Caregiver Meeting
KIDNEY CANCER INFORMATION & OUTREACH SESSION

Interactive information and outreach session with urologist Dr. Michael Chang.  Kidney cancer survivor, Heather Corbett, joins the meeting for the patient perspective.

MEETING
DETAILS

Halifax Patient & Caregiver Meeting
PRESENT TREATMENTS AND EMERGING THERAPIES IN KIDNEY CANCER

Featuring kidney cancer expert Dr. Lori Wood, Medical Oncologist at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.   She will speak about present treatments and emerging therapies in kidney cancer. Also presenting is Dr. Janice Howes, Psychologist at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. Dr. Howes will speak about how to cope with “scanxiety” and cancer recurrence.

MEETING
DETAILS

Mar 5, 2016

Patient & Caregiver Forum
LIVE IT! SURVIVE IT! CURE IT!

Wingchair discussion
Dr. Anil Kapoor moderates this session with leading kidney cancer doctors discussing where the treatment landscape is at and what to expect in the future.

Rapid-fire presentation/panel
Panels of experts have been assembled around each of the 3 themes of this year’s forum. Speakers provide a short presentation, then engage with the audience answering questions through a panel discussion.

MEETING
DETAILS

Nov 27, 2015

Toronto Patient & Caregiver Meeting
ADVANCES IN KIDNEY CANCER TREATMENT

Featuring kidney cancer specialist Dr. Tony Finelli, Surgeon of the Department of Surgical Oncology at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. Finelli will speak about the advances in surgery and the role of biopsy. Nesan Bandali, Clinical Trials Nurse at the Odette Cancer Centre sheds light on emerging immuno-oncology treatment and managing side effects. Deb Maskens, Patient Advocate and Co-Founder of Kidney Cancer Canada, will speak about how new treatments are changing the landscape from a patient perspective.

MEETING
DETAILS