Simply Oncology

Episode 102: Fundamentals - Immunotherapy and Kidney Cancer: One Woman’s Story with Annie Anderson

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Send us Fan Mail Join us as we talk to Annie Anderson to get a patient view on advanced kidney cancer and its treatment. Annie was diagnosed with stage IV Kidney Cancer in 2022 which had spread to liver, bone, brain. She went from climbing and running 18 miles to struggling to function. She describes the choices she made and how immunotherapy with has controlled her cancer and allowed her to continue her normal life. A really powerful thing to hear how Annie has tackled her diagnosis and aime...

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