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Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2025

Kidney Cancer Awareness Week: 3rd – 7th February 2025

We are proud to lead Kidney Cancer Awareness Week for the 11th consecutive year. From Monday 3rd to Friday 7th February 2025, we’re calling on our incredible community of friends and supporters to join us in starting conversations that can save lives.

This week is all about raising awareness of kidney cancer. During the week, we will be sharing stories from real patients and hosting free webinars from kidney cancer specialist. In the webinars, you can expect discussion about topics such as; Navigating Kidney Cancer, Returning to Work after Surgery, and Clinical Trials. Kidney cancer is the UK’s sixth most common cancer and we want to make sure no one’s first encounter with the words “kidney cancer” is during a diagnosis.

Save the Webinar Dates: All registrations open in January 2025

  • Monday 3rd February | Returning To Work After A Nephrectomy with Dr Neil Fenn & CNS Katherine Reed
  • Wednesday 5th February: ‘What Is Research and Clinical Trials‘ with Dr Anotino Rullan
  • Thursday 8th February: ‘Dealing With Cancer in the Work Place‘ with patient-council member Jemma Falloon


Go Green for Green Friday

Blackpool Tower KCAW 2022

Blackpool Tower KCAW 2022 David Nelson

Kidney Cancer Awareness Week will conclude with it’s iconic Green Friday. Green Friday takes place of the last day of Kidney Cancer Awareness Week (Friday 7th February),

and is a chance for you to share your involvement. Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to wear something green and share on socials using #KCAW2025. We also encourage landmarks across the UK to light up green to honour the occasion. Look out for a landmark near you.

  • Do you know of a local landmark who could take part in Green Friday? Please let us know at hello@kcuk.org.uk 

With your support, we aim to:

  • Educate others about the symptoms of kidney cancer.
  • Highlight ways to reduce risk through healthier lifestyle choices.
  • Bring kidney cancer into the spotlight and spark vital conversations.

We’re here to support, inform and listen. Let’s use this week to inspire awareness and support our kidney cancer community.

Help us spread the word by sharing this page and using #KCAW2025

Help us spread the word by sharing this page and using #KidneyCancerAwareness.

 



How To Get involved and Support #KCAW2025 

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Top Most Common Symptoms of Kidney Cancer:

  • Persistent Pain in Side/Flank
  • Continues Fatigue
  • Night Sweats
  • Blood in Urine


TO BE RELEASE DURING KIDNEY CANCER AWARENESS WEEK:

2024 Kidney Cancer Patient Survey Results

As part of our on-going awareness campaign, we are publishing the results of our 2024 Kidney Cancer Patient Survey at the beginning of Kidney Cancer Awareness Week.

2024 survey front cover

Published: 3rd February 2025

 Audio-booklets

We’re pleased to announce that throughout 2025 we will be releasing audio versions of our ‘Living With Kidney Cancer booklets!
Our first audio-booklet to be released during Kidney Cancer Awareness Week will be Living With Kidney Cancer: Diagnosis. The remaining four booklets: Treatments, Surgery & Recovery, Carers and Diet will be completed and released by the end of 2025.


Meet the Kidney Cancer UK Healthcare Professional Team

We are pleased to be able to share special videos introducing you to our Healthcare Professional team. We will use these clips to promote Kidney Cancer Awareness Week, our support services and the charity across all social media platforms. Here’s Hazel’s video.