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Focused Radiation versus Systemic Therapy for Patients with Kidney Cancer with Limited Metastasis
Below, watch research advocate Glenn Sykes, a kidney cancer patient for 14 years, talk with SOAR study chair Dr. Raquibul Hannan about the SOAR clinical trial (EA8211). This study is currently recruiting patients. It is exploring focused radiation therapy for patients with kidney cancer that has spread beyond the kidney to a limited number of other areas (2–5) in the body. This approach may allow patients with slowly progressing cancer to live longer with a better quality of life compared to standard treatment.
Learn more about EA8211/SOAR at ecog-acrin.org.