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Kidney Cancer | Last Active: Dec 4 8:23am | Replies (245)Comment receiving replies
They want to the partial nephrectomy. They are afraid to do biopsy as it may harm the kidney and be unable to do the partial and lead to radical nephrectomy. It is all percentages. The likelihood of cancer is 80% therefore, they recommend this type of treatment. I will now get other opinions try to make sense of all this. Surgery will most likely take place in the next three months. Thank you for your questions and responses. Blessings.
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@dougr19, it sounds like a biopsy before surgery may not be recommended in your situation. Other diagnostic tests have already shown the high liklihood that the mass is cancerous and should be removed. It is likely that once the mass is removed partial or radical nephrectomy depending on what they see once they get in there, the tumor will be biopsied. The information they receive from the tumor will give your team more information such as the stage of kidney cancer. This helps determine if further treatment is necessary and if more treatment is necessary, what treatment is the most effective for your tumor's characteristics.
Have you been scheduled for surgery? Are you seeking a second opinion?