The size of the cancer and whether it has spread will help your surgeon decide what type of surgery you can have. They might recommend you have part of your kidney removed (partial nephrectomy) or your whole kidney (radical nephrectomy). Your surgeon may also remove some of the lymph nodes and the tissue around your kidney.

Pembrolizumab versus placebo as post-nephrectomy adjuvant therapy for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (KEYNOTE-564): 30-month follow-up analysis of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial T Powles and others The Lancet Oncology, 2022. Volume 23, Issue 9, Page 1133-1144. EAU guidelines on renal cell carcinoma

You have regular appointments at the hospital after treatment for kidney cancer. This is called follow up. You may also have CT scans and blood tests. How often you have follow ups depends on what treatment you've had and the chance of the cancer coming back.

2024年1月26日 · You might have part of your kidney removed (partial nephrectomy) or your whole kidney (radical nephrectomy). This depends on the size of the cancer and if it has spread. Before your operation for kidney cancer

You might have part of your kidney removed (partial nephrectomy) or your whole kidney (radical nephrectomy). This depends on the size of the cancer and if it has spread. On the day of your operation

You might have part of your kidney removed (partial nephrectomy) or your whole kidney (radical nephrectomy). This depends on the size of the cancer and if it has spread. On the day of your operation

If this is the case your surgeon will try to remove only the cancer (partial nephrectomy) and not the whole kidney (radical nephrectomy). But if they can’t you'll need kidney dialysis. Your doctor will talk to you about this and refer you to a specialist who looks after the kidneys (a nephrologist).

A radical cystectomy means taking out the whole bladder and the nearby lymph nodes. Your surgeon will also remove part of your bowel. This is so your surgeon can create another way for your body to collect and pass urine. Your surgeon will discuss this with you beforehand. In men, the surgeon also usually removes: the prostate gland

Anaesthesia for nephrectomy E Chapman and AC Pichel British Journal of Anaesthesia Education, 2016. Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 98-101. BAUS Enhanced Recovery Pathway: Procedure specific information – Nephrectomy British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Enhanced Recovery Programme (ERP) Group Accessed January 2024. Oxford Handbook of ...

surgery to remove the part of the kidney where the cancer is (partial nephrectomy) or the whole kidney (radical nephrectomy) freezing therapy (cryotherapy) microwave ablation (MWA) or radiofrequency ablation (RFA) blocking the blood supply to the cancer (renal artery embolisation) targeted cancer drugs or immunotherapy; radiotherapy