how is kidney cancer treated?
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1. surgery (kidney removal)\n2. chemotherapy\n3. immunotherapy\n4. combination
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is it renal cell carcinoma u r talking about? however, generally speaking any sort of cancer which has spread outside its primary site of origin has poor prognosis. treatment would depend on the extent of spread and other factors. hope it helps.
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There are many weapons in our arsenal against cancer. Some can cure certain cancers. Some can slow the cancer's advance down. No one approach cures all cancers.\n\nTypically once a cancer has metastasized and become cancers in the abdomen, the outlook is much worse, I am sorry to say. \n\n\nHere is a range of some of the types of cancer therapies:\n\nYou can cut it out. \n\nYou can try to kill the fast growing cancer cells with radiation or chemotherapy.\n\nYou can use drugs that target the blood supplies of the cancer (angiogenesis).\n\nYou can use molecular biology to design medications that bind to the receptors on the cancer cells and prevent them from functioning. \n\nThere are a range of other drugs that inhibit certain processes in the cancer cell (see ref).\n\nAntibody treatments like monoclonal antibodies. \n\nBiological response modifiers like immunotherapy, cytokine therapy.
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http://www.meddean.luc.edu/Lumen/meded/Radio/curriculum/Surgery/renal_cancer_list.htm  \n\nThis is a good link. Go to it. It's cancer. Renal cyst. If you have this you really need to read this. You can even simply type in Renal Calcified Mass in your tool bar and it will lead you to sites that say Renal Cancer.
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I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS BUT DIALYSIS IS NOT A CURE FOR KIDNEY FAILURE.IT IS A TREATMENT DONE TO KEEP KIDNEY PATIENTS ALIVE AND AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE IF PATIENT FOLLOWS DOCTORS ORDERS.I WORK IN THIS FIELD SO I KNOW WHAT HE HAS TO DEAL WITH.LET ME ASK YOU THIS,WHAT DOES HIS DOCTOR SAY ABOUT A POSSIBILITY OF HIS KIDNEY FUNCTION RETURNING?IF HIS ANSWER IS NO POSSIBILITY, THEN DIALYSIS IS THE ONLY ANSWER IF HE WANTS TO STAY ALIVE.I AM SORRY TO BE SO BLUNT BUT THIS IS THE TRUTH.I CAN'T SAY I KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING THROUGH, BUT I SEE WHAT MY PATIENTS GO THROUGH AND I KNOW IT MUST BE REALLY HARD FOR THEM.LIKE I SAID THOUGH,IT IS BETTER THAN THAN DYING.
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Research alternative cures. Over 100 are available, but your doctor isn't allowed to tell you about them.\n\nI have always believed that the mainstream medical industry is not interested in finding a cure for cancer because it makes too much profit with its present barbarous methods.\nEventually, I came across a detailed report which agreed with my findings, and I have included it in my web page at\n\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/cancer.html\n\nBy reading this report, you will also convince yourself that it is best to ignore the mainstream cancer industry, and seek alternative cures. Also you should bear in mind that the medical industry will do anything to protect its profitable position, including disparaging alternative healers or even creating bogus court cases.\n\nI believe that cancer is a whole body thing, which in 80 percent of cases manifests itself by producing symptoms in the weaker parts of the body, and therefore appearing localised. It is this treatment of symptoms instead of cause which creates the profitable, yet non-successful approach of mainstream medicine.\n\nSome cures are listed on the web page too.\n\nIt is therefore obvious that a holistic approach is required, based on cleansing, diet, exercise and debugging.\n\nCLEANSING\nThe best way of cleansing is to fast.\n\nhttp://www.phifoundation.org/menses.html\nhttp://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=1996\n\nbut if a patient is too weak for that, or does not fancy the idea, then alternative cleanses are available.\n\n\nColon Cleanse\nhttp://www.soundfeelings.com/free/colon_cleansing.htm#recipe\nBowel cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/schulze/herbal_colon_cleanse_1_2.asp\nkidney cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/kidney/default.asp\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_12678_kidney-cleansing-fast.html\nhttp://www.falconblanco.com/health/cleansing/kidney.html\nhttp://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification.htm\nhttp://www.healthfree.com/cleansing_programs_kidney.html\nLiver cleanse\nhttp://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/liver_cleanse.php\nGallbladder cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/default.asp\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/huldas_recipe.asp\nPancreas cleanse\nhttp://curezone.com/dis/1.asp?C0=261\n\nDIET,\nThe best diet is vegetarian, avoiding all processed, frozen or micro-waved foods and drinks, and based on fresh fruit, fresh vegetables - preferably organic, nuts and seeds. Drinks should be clean water or freshly squeezed orange juice.\n\nMany researchers promote the benefits of vitamin B17 as a healer. this can be found in the following foods:\nApple seeds, alfalfa sprouts, apricot kernels, bamboo shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewer’s yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach, sprouts (alfalfa, lentil, mung bean, buckwheat, garbanzo), strawberries, walnuts, watercress, yams.\n\nA commercial preparation of B17 is available called Laetrile.\n\nEXERCISE\nExercise should be sufficient to create a sweat, but not sufficient to make you gasp for breath or feel over-tired. About one hours exercise every day is best.\n\nDEBUGGING\nThere are various theories about how bugs create cancer.\n\nHulda Clark suggests that parasites are the cause, and that they can be disposed of by using a zapper.\n\nZappers are available from\n\nSuper Zapper DeLuxe\nhttp://www.drclark.net      Clark Zapper with amazing features get a free CD ROM\n\nhttp://www.paradevices.com/zapper_works.html\n\nTerminator Crystal Orgone Zapper Blood Purification Parasite Solution\nElectrical stimulation devices for blood purification, parasites, relaxation, and addictions.\nhttp://www.elixa.com/estim/zap.htm\n\nHigh frequency parasite zappe
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Not unless it is renal cell carcinoma. What will affect the kidneys are some of the chemo regimens people go through. The kidneys will filter these drugs out of the system so your doctor will probably check your BUN and creatinine frequently.
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One of my former co-workers fiance has it now.  He was fired from my employer and I was getting pretty close to them as they were both decent people.  Anyway, she had lots of tests done.  She is a diabetic, and her one kidney isn't functioning.  They found tumors attached to her other kidney, tested it and its cancer.  She is having treatments now.  She seemed really upbeat the last I saw her.  They moved out of state in Jan. He called me about a month ago.  When they were moving, she lifted too much and has a massive amount of scar tissue.  Be positive and supportive.  Your bf needs your support and his family right now.  I'll pray for you both. ok.\nPray and take it one day at a time sweetie.  I don't know what else to tell you.
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The goals of treatment are to relieve symptoms, prevent complications and delay progressive kidney damage. Treatment of the causative disorder is necessary to control nephrotic syndrome. Treatment may be required for life.\n\nCorticosteroid, immunosuppressive, antihypertensive, and diuretic medications may help control symptoms. Antibiotics may be needed to control infections. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors may significantly reduce the degree of protein loss in the urine and are therefore frequently prescribed for treatment of nephrotic syndrome.\n\nIf hypertension occurs, it must be treated vigorously. Treatment of high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels is also recommended to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis. Dietary limitation of cholesterol and saturated fats may be of little benefit, as the high levels which accompany this condition seem to be the result of overproduction by the liver rather than from excessive fat intake. Medications to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides may be recommended.\n\nHigh-protein diets are of debatable value. In many patients, reducing the amount of protein in the diet produces a decrease in urine protein. In most cases, a moderate-protein diet (1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight per day) is usually recommended. Sodium (salt) may be restricted to help control swelling. Vitamin D may need to be replaced if nephrotic syndrome is chronic and unresponsive to therapy.\n\nBlood thinners may be required to treat or prevent clot formation.
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.kidneytransplant.org/patientguide/index.html
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to best of my knowledge,it is done with radioactive material to acess the functioning of both the kidneys,right and left, of patients.it is done by giving radioactive dye intravenously and then taking abdominal films of the kidneys and the whole urinary tract down.it provides useful pics of functions of kidneys in case they are damaged due to infections, stones,highblood pressure ,cancer,or any harmful chemicals.they also provide information regarding birth defects in the kidneys.
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The hospital will recommend the best course of treatment. Depends on where, how invasive the cancer is.  Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the best way to combat the disease, along with positive thinking and eating healthy.
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Only one way I know of- Kidney transplant, but then you have to worry about organ rejection.
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A patient with that amount of kidney function loss would no doubt already be under the care of a nephrologist (kidney specialist) I think this question seems a little odd since I would have to wonder without medical specialty care how on earth  she A) knows she has only 1/3 of 1 kidney functioning and B) how does she know she has tumors. It is common for diabetics to be on dialysis and this person would undoubtedly be on dialysis again prescribed by a physician at some level. Are you sure you really have all the facts here?
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Try:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001177.htm#Treatment
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Call your nephrologist (kidney doctor)
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See: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000521.htm#Treatment