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Kidney Cancer | Last Active: Jul 20 9:57am | Replies (240)Comment receiving replies
I had my appointment with surgeon this morning. He stated treatment would be partial nephrectomy. 20% chance mass is benign, however “standard of care” is to remove your kidney. I will now traipse around the country looking for someone to do it or May decide to stay with this surgeon. Decisions. Decisions. He stated he does about 20 partial nephrectomies a year, robotically. I have no idea if that is a lot or is too few. My wife, son and grandson have been on vacation this past month. They return this Thursday. They have no idea what has transpired. To have these conversations with you has eased my burden. You all are now part of “my family.” Blessings
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Hi..... have they done a biopsy? I was told they can only tell if it is cancerous from a biopsy culture. Any chance you could get a 2nd opinion before removing your kidney?
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A partial nephrectomy does not remove your kidney, it only removes the tumor / growth and whatever portion of kidney it involves. Then they repair it. Robitically is less invasive and not every surgeon is trained how to do this. If he does 20 a year that is one every two or three weeks... which is a good number. You can do a search of his patient reviews sometimes as well. I have had that surgery 2 times, one on each kidney and both are functioning. I am praying that you feel comfort in your decision
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@dougr19 Well, the hurdle is over now, wondering what he might say.
Was there any indication of how soon the procedure should be? What about the thoughts of a kidney biopsy first, to make sure it is a tumor to be addressed?
Ginger