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Just diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer: What treatments help?

Kidney Cancer | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (27)
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@debet

My 82 year old husband has just been diagnosed. Hip pain which was from a lesion that biopsy confirmed started from the kidney. Getting radiation now to hip. Will start chemo (cabometyx) and immunotherapy (opdivo) first of April.

We both lost prior spouse to cancer (pancreatic and ovarian). He is remembering the treatment from 20-30 years ago. We know there have been advancements.

We’ve read the side effects from the treatments. Not having issues with radiation and are halfway through.

Any advice?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 2 days ago

@debet, you're right that many advances have been made, not only in cancer treatments, but also in helping to manage side effects. I'm bringing @koke into the discussion. They have experience with cabometyx and Opdivo.

How is treatment going? Has the hip pain been reduced? How are YOU doing?

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