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neighbor just diagnosed
I just brought my neighbor into the hospital for his first treatment. he's 72 and has kidney cancer among others. He's going to get some sort of bacterial treatment. Can anyone tell me more about it?
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Sutent
Hi,I,am the wife of a older man who has had cancer,first started 27 years ago,Bladder cancer,he had laser surgery,it was gone for over 27 years,it came back 3 years ago,again he had laser surgery,it was gone again for the next 3 years,He went in for a cat scan kidney cancer showed up,we went to the Mayo Clinic in…
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FOLLOW UP TESTING SCHEDULE
hi everybody, thank you so much to everyone who posts on this board it has been so helpful to me. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS YOUR FOLLOW UP PLAN FOR TESTING FOR RECURRENCE? i was stage 1 renal cell carcinoma. had a radical nephrectomy done laparoscopically on dec. 12.the cancer was not found anywhere but in the tumor. my…
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Surgery on 2-18-09
I had a 1-inch tumor on my left kidney that was removed on 2-18-09. I was told they caught it very early and that I have an excellent chance to never have cancer again since it was so small and had not pread within the kidney. I probably will lose my job out of this, and it was a very nice job in Iraq, but at least I get…
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SURGERY SCAR
hi everyone, thank you all for posting on this board, i was diagnosed back in nov. 08 and have been on the board many times for information and reassurances. i had a radical nephrectomy (of my left kidney) done laparoscopically on 12/12/08. i have one bigger incision vertical next to my belly button and two smaller ones…