Just a few kind words … kidney cancer support.

Kidney Cancer Support Services

To the James Whale MBE Kidney Cancer Fund I owe thanks for listening to me when I had questions that had no answers. For supporting this blog via twitter and enabling others with kidney cancer to both read and get in touch. Because of this communication I have been introduced to some of the most inspirational people and especially those who I can relate to and empathise with. This has meant our kidney cancer journeys have not been made alone which in turn has meant they have been made that bit easier. Your support helpline and the website are both informative and insightful, giving readers the chance to see not only what kidney cancer involves but what it means to individuals. Thank You. ( An Unfashionable Cancer Tuesday 26 November 2013)

Those kind words come from a kidney cancer survivor who writes a blog about her kidney cancer experience.  Her blog helps lots of people – from us and all of them thank you!
We would like to encourage people to read the blog which can be very helpful when facing kidney cancer. You are not alone and there are lots of resources available after diagnosis, including our kidney cancer support services: Forum and Careline. I keep mentioning them in most of the blog entries because we know that there are many people affected by kidney cancer who are not aware of help they can receive. Our forum, careline and experience of other people with kidney cancer can offer an emotional and practical kidney cancer support. Our website is a great source of information about kidney cancer, including our Understanding Kidney Cancer booklet and kidney cancer fact sheets, written specifically for kidney cancer patients and their families and truly helpful informational videos, made by leading oncologists exclusively for the fund.
Increasing knowledge and awareness, providing patient information and kidney cancer support are extremely important for us. Every year in the UK, almost 9,000 people learn that they have kidney cancer. The incidence of kidney cancer in the UK has more than doubled since the mid 1970s. Kidney cancer is now the seventh most common type of cancer in men and ninth among women in the UK.