Five-year survival rate averages run from 81 percent for stage 1, when cancer is contained in the kidney, to about 53 percent for stage 3, when it has spread beyond the kidney, and just 8 percent for stage 4, when the cancer spreads to more distant parts of the body or other organs. However, for stage four patients, 5-year survival rates at the UT Southwestern’s Kidney Cancer Program are double national benchmarks.
Additional UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study include Dr. Mu-Han Lin, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Neil Desai, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Ivan Pedrosa, Associate Professor of Radiology in the Advanced Imaging Research Center; Dr. Vitaly Margulis, Associate Professor of Urology; Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu, Professor of Urology and of Radiology; Dr. Arthur Sagalowsky, Professor of Urology; Dr. Jeffrey Gahan, Assistant Professor of Urology; Dr. Aaron Laine, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Xian-Jin Xie, Professor of Clinical Science; Dr. Hak Choy, Chair of Radiation Oncology; Dr. James Brugarolas, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine; and Dr. Robert Timmerman, Professor of Radiation Oncology and of Neurological Surgery.
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Dr. Timmerman holds the Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research. Dr. Brugarolas is a Virginia Murchison Linthicum Endowed Scholar in Medical Research. Dr. Pedrosa holds the Jack Reynolds, M.D., Chair in Radiology. Dr. Choy holds The Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair in Therapeutic Oncology Research. Dr. Cadeddu holds the Ralph C. Smith, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery. Dr. Sagalowsky holds the Cissy and W. Plack Carr, Jr. Professorship in Medical Education. Dr. Desai is a Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care.
The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in North Texas and one of just 47 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center includes 13 major cancer care programs. In addition, the Center’s education and training programs support and develop the next generation of cancer researchers and clinicians. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is among only 30 U.S. cancer research centers to be designated by the NCI as a National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating Site.
About UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution’s faculty has received six Nobel Prizes, and includes 22 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The faculty of more than 2,700 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in about 80 specialties to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients, 600,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 2.2 million outpatient visits a year.
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