Treatment and prognosis of renal cell carcinoma
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 111 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5082-1429-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The two steps that follow a diagnosis of Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are treatment and prognosis. Traditional cancer treatments such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy are not effective with this type of cancer, so these are not used in metastatic renal cell carcinoma treatment. Some cases of carcinoma do respond well to immunotherapy. Medications that work for this kind of treatment include sunitinib, bevacizumab, interferon-alpha, and sorafenib. The most recommended treatment for renal cell cancer is nephrectomy, surgical removal of all or part of the kidney. This may include the bladder or surrounding tissues or lymph nodes. Hormone treatments may help reduce tumor growth in specific cases. Chemotherapy, on the other hand, is generally not effective for treating this carcinoma. The drug Interleukin-2 (IL-2), have helped some patients allowing the immune system to kill the cancer cells, although it has proven to be toxic in many cases....