How To Prevent And Treat Kidney Cancer

Partial Or Complete Nephrectomy

An individual affected by kidney cancer may require a partial or complete nephrectomy to treat their malignancy. A radical nephrectomy is a procedure involving the complete removal of the kidney, its attached renal gland, fatty tissue surrounding the kidney, and neighboring lymph nodes. A radical nephrectomy is done in cases where the malignancy has spread beyond the kidney to the surrounding and or distant tissues. A partial nephrectomy is a procedure involving the excision of the malignant part of the kidney while allowing the rest of the kidney tissue to stay behind. This procedure is most often used for an individual with early-stage kidney cancer that has not spread beyond the kidney. However, the kidney tumor has to be in a favorable position in the kidney for a partial nephrectomy to be possible. A partial or complete nephrectomy can be done for curative treatment of a patient's kidney cancer, or it may be utilized for symptomatic treatment only. Depending on the stage of the kidney cancer and how far it has spread, the renal gland and or neighboring lymph nodes may need to be removed as well. This type of surgery is typically the first and most preferred curative treatment option for kidney cancer.

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