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This quick guide to treatment for kidney cancer stages 1-3 explains treatment options, the possible side effects from treatment, and how to cope with kidney cancer and become your own advocate for your care.
Links:
Kidney Cancer Staging, Treatment, and Side Effects: https://www.cancersupportcommu....nity.org/kidney-canc
Resource Guide: https://www.cancersupportcommu....nity.org/sites/defau
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Surgery
3:27 Nonsurgical Treatments
4:39 Systemic Treatments
5:25 Risk Assessment Tools
6:11 Clinical Trials
6:58 Survivorship Care Plan
8:13 Higher Risk for Other Cancers
8:41 Healthy Tips
This quick guide to treatment for metastatic kidney cancer (also known as stage 4) explains treatment options, the possible side effects from treatment, and how to cope with kidney cancer and become your own advocate for your care.
Links:
Kidney Cancer Staging, Treatment, and Side Effects: https://www.cancersupportcommu....nity.org/kidney-canc
Resource Guide: https://www.cancersupportcommu....nity.org/sites/defau
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Stage 4 Metastatic Kidney Cancer
1:11 Systemic Therapies
1:50 Side Effects
3:30 IMDC Risk Stratification Tool
4:38 Clinical Trials
5:26 Be Prepared
5:58 Healthy Tips
Tatiana Baker of Boynton Beach, Florida was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer in the summer of 2014. After running out of treatment options in just a few months, she traveled to MedStar Georgetown where she enrolled in the IMmotion 150 study, a phase II clinical trial of the immunotherapy atezolizumab through Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Atezolizumab was approved for bladder cancer in May 2016. Watch to see how Tatiana became cancer free. For more information call 1-888-666-3432 or go to http://www.medstargeorgetowncancer.org
You go to the doctor for an upset stomach, and a CT scan reveals a large tumor on your kidney. The truth is, most kidney cancers are found like that: during tests for other issues. That's because these tumors often don't cause symptoms. Here's the story of a woman who had a kidney tumor the size of a football and didn't even know it. Learn more about kidney cancer care at Mayo Clinic: https://mayocl.in/2kPgAXJ
To request an appointment at Mayo Clinic, visit: https://mayocl.in/2lYscYA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute research supports FDA approval of an immunotherapy drug given after surgery for certain patients with kidney cancer. Toni Choueiri, MD, explains more and a patient shares his experience participating in the clinical trial. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3s1X0I0 Video published 12/9/2021
