Treatment of Kidney Cancer

After cancer diagnosis and staging, the doctor will discuss the specifics of the treatment program, at this time a little time to think about the treatment program to be selected is very important. One of the important factors that influence cancer staging. Other considerations include the health condition itself, the side effects of the treatment program, whether it can prolong life, relieve symptoms and others.

If suffering from kidney cancer, the treatment options include: surgery, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy or therapies are used together.

1. Surgery

(1) Radical nephrectomy: Surgical removal of the entire kidney, adrenal gland and resection of adipose tissue around the kidney. Also the removal of nearby lymph nodes. Most patients therefore can only rely on the kidneys to filter urine.

(2) Lymph node dissection: When the cancer has reached the lymph nodes, many doctors at the time of radical resection, also will clean the lymph nodes.

(3) Partial nephrectomy: Excision of part of the kidney that contains the tumor tissue.

(4) Resection of metastases: Resection of the tumor that had metastases, it

This can help reduce the patient's pain and symptoms.

2. Method of Ar-He knife therapy

Under the guidance of ultrasound or CT, freezing probe is inserted into the tumor, argon gas is channeled rapidly lowering the temperature of the tumor, then change distribute helium gas, so that the ice ball up again, at least two cycles, so as to achieve the destruction of the tumor tissue.

3. Radiofrequency ablation

This technology is the application of high-energy radio waves to heat the tumor. Under the guidance of imaging equipment, with percutaneous inserted through the skin into the tumor, the tumor is heated with high frequency to destroy tumor cells.

4. Methods of Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is the application of high-energy rays (such as x-rays) to kill or shrink cancer cells.

5. Targeted therapy method

Targeted therapy is to inhibit the growth of blood vessels that supply nutrients to tumors and cancer cell growth in other parts.

6. Methods of immunotherapy

Primarily to enhance the body's own immune system to fight off or destroy cancer cells.

7. Methods chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is an anti cancer drug injecting into a vein or by oral pills. These drugs will be through the blood flow throughout the body.