I got my pathology report, not too bad

DSFrey
DSFrey Member Posts: 69
in Kidney Cancer #1

Only way it could have been better is if the tumor was benign, alas it wasn't. Final determination was RCC clear cell pT1aNxMx, G2. So not all that bad, pathologist did comment that the tumor came within 0.1 mm of parenchymal margins in several foci. Guess that means the doc cut it real close huh? So now all that they want me to do is get ct scans in 3 months then every 6 months for awhile. I'm ok with that for now. Thanks for letting me ramble on.

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  • sblairc
    sblairc Member Posts: 585 Member
    #2
    Congrats.

    Glad to hear they got it early. That must be a great feeling. Enjoy!

  • nsb748
    nsb748 Member Posts: 89
    #3
    sblairc said:

    Congrats.

    Glad to hear they got it early. That must be a great feeling. Enjoy!

    Congrats!!!

    Congrats!!!

  • GSRon
    GSRon Member Posts: 1,303 Member
    #4
    nsb748 said:

    Congrats!!!

    Congrats!!!

    DS, good stuff..!!  Time to

    DS, good stuff..!!  Time to heal and move forward..!

    Ron

  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #5
    GSRon said:

    DS, good stuff..!!  Time to

    DS, good stuff..!!  Time to heal and move forward..!

    Ron

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    the Karma DS.

  • brea588
    brea588 Member Posts: 240
    #6
    congrats

    congrats on ur path report!!!

  • Skagway Jack
    Skagway Jack Member Posts: 224 Member
    #7
    Good one on ya!

    Thats great news.  Mine was similar only grade 3.  I had my first scan last week.  Congrats.

  • CommuterMom
    CommuterMom Member Posts: 120
    #8
    Sounds good :)
    I hope you are

    Sounds good :)

    I hope you are feeling well.

  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #9
    Congrats!!!

    Almost like winning the lottery...NOT!

    Do the happy dance and celebrate with pizza and beer anyway, you deserve it.

  • mdb2387
    mdb2387 Member Posts: 8
    #10
    Yes they aren't often benign

    Yes they aren't often benign but that's a great report congrats..I asked my surgeon why no chemotherapy(not that I want it).He said that effective chemo treament for kidney cancer has not been developed and that recurrance odds are low..Did anyone else asked and did ou hear the same?

     

  • dhs1963
    dhs1963 Member Posts: 513
    #11
    mdb2387 said:

    Yes they aren't often benign

    Yes they aren't often benign but that's a great report congrats..I asked my surgeon why no chemotherapy(not that I want it).He said that effective chemo treament for kidney cancer has not been developed and that recurrance odds are low..Did anyone else asked and did ou hear the same?

     

    what I was told....

    1) there is no effective adjuvant theorpy.  That is, nothing given to kill off any remaining cancer cells has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrance.  In addition, with targeted theopies, the adjuvant approach may actually hurt the long term prognosis.  That is because the cancer often evolves to render the targeted theopy ineffective.  What happens is the adjuvant theopy may delay the initial recurrance a little, but when it comes back, it can't be treated, and the patient dies sooner.

  • a_oaklee
    a_oaklee Member Posts: 566 Member
    #12
    congrats

    That's a great report.  Time to relax and just enjoy life. 

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