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.

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Symptoms of Kidney Cancer

1. There is no obvious symptoms : Until now, the clinical more than 40% of kidney cancer are found during medical examination or examination for any other reason by chance, there are no obvious symptoms or signs. In the inspection process, the incidence rate is increasing each year, most of the initial lesion, the prognosis is excellent. Therefore, periodic medical examination is very important.

2. Local symptoms typical : Peeing blood, pain, lump in the abdomen is known as the three major symptoms of kidney cancer. By the time all three of these symptoms appear in the patient's body, most interpret disease condition has progressed to the advanced stage, the hope for treatment once a small, but very little these circumstances. Most patients have only one or two symptoms of the above three symptoms.

(1) Diabetes Blood: Approximately 40% of kidney cancer patients will develop symptoms urinating blood, blood urine appears which can be seen with the naked eye, blood urine may also appear under the microscope observation. At the time of blood urine in large quantities to form a blood clot symptoms of renal colic pain, painful urination, dysuria, urinary retention even.

(2) Lump: The kidneys are in retroperitoneal, located in, in the stomach when touched can not be felt, only when the tumor size is rather large or when the tumor is located at the bottom of the new kidney can be felt no lumps, about 10% ~ 40% of patients there may be a palpable lump in the belly, sometimes these symptoms are the only symptoms.

(3) Pain: Back pain due to tumor after growing up, increasing the elasticity of the outer layer of the kidney or tumor invasion into surrounding tissues, causing pain dull monotone (continuous). The appearance of symptoms of pain level is 20% ~ 40%. When associated with symptoms should seek treatment immediately, so as not to delay the disease.

3. Symptoms of the whole body: 10% ~ 40% of patients experienced a paraneoplastic syndrome, with symptoms of high blood pressure, anemia, weight loss, cachexia, inflammation, polycythemia, liver dysfunction and other

4. Symptoms of metastases: metastases Because patients may experience bone pain, fractures, cough, coughing up blood and other symptoms. Approximately 10% of patients seek treatment because of the presence of metastases. Clinical symptoms vary kidney cancer, if found any symptoms as mentioned earlier, immediately consult with a specialist to perform the examination with the related necessary.

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Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer is a malignant tumor derived from urinary tubular epithelium, in general growth is somewhat slow, but sometimes it can be very fast, it can grow on any part of the renal parenchyma. Kidney cancer can be gradual invasion into nearby tissues and organs through the primary tumor, metastases can also exit through the lymphatic or venous blood vessels.

Incidence rates of kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is one of the common malignant tumor in the urinary system, the incidence rate reached 3% ~ 6% of all malignant tumors. Each year incidence rates of kidney cancer worldwide increased 2%, kidney cancer patients who die each year is approaching 100,000 cases. Kidney Cancer occupy levels 80% ~ 90% of malignant tumors of adults. Kidney tumor is most common in adults. Comparison between patients with kidney cancer men and women is 2: 1, can occur at any age, the highest incidence rates of 50-70 years of age.

Many factors affect the survival rate of kidney cancer, kidney cancer patients after general surgery nephrectomy 5-year survival rate of approximately 35% ~ 40%, 10-year survival rate of about 17% ~ 30%. The prognosis of kidney cancer is sometimes difficult to estimate, within a period of 20-30 years or even longer after surgery nephrectomy, metastatic lesions appear.

The cause of kidney cancer ?

Kidney cancer incidence rates are very high, but people still do not understand clearly the true cause of kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is caused by joint effect of various factors.

(1) Smoking: Dangers of kidney cancer for those who smoked over 30 years and smoking cigarettes without filters is very high.

(2) Obesity and high blood pressure: Overweight and high blood pressure are two factors that can lead to dangerous kidney cancer in men.

(3) Occupation: Worker field of metal, newspaper printing workers, coal charcoal workers, the dry cleaning industry and trade of petrochemical products, it can increase the rate of kidney cancer incidence and mortality risk.

(4) The radiation: In the long period of exposure under a weak radioactive source can increase the risk of kidney cancer.

(5) Genetics: The population of people who kelurganya member had cancer, the incidence rate is higher than ordinary people.

(6) Food and drugs: According to the survey, consume dairy products, animal protein and high amounts of fat, consume less fruit and vegetables is a danger factor that can lead to kidney cancer.

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