The following notes were taken by PJ Boyle during the 2001 Kidney Cancer Association convention in San Francisco, CA, July 20-22. These notes are provided to allow non-attendees to get an overview of material presented at the conference, but they have not been approved by the speaker, the KCA, or anyone else. I am a patient, not a medical professional, and despite best efforts, I cannot guarantee that every detail was captured perfectly. Furthermore, optimal treatment of kidney cancer is often controversial, and you should not take what you find here to be the final word on any subject. If you have specific questions, particularly about therapies mentioned, I would encourage you to contact the speaker directly for more detail. Input from other attendees to either make corrections or augment the content is encouraged.

Editing and HTML by Steve Dunn. Occasional "Editor's notes" appear in red