How long can an elderly person live if kidney cancer spreads to the late stage

At present, the incidence of kidney cancer has increased a lot compared with before. The number of kidney cancers that are discovered accidentally during physical examinations without obvious clinical symptoms is increasing day by day, reaching 1/2 to 1/5. However, when kidney cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced stage, it is like a bolt from the blue, which will cause great harm and sadness to the patient's family and psychology. The following will introduce how long the elderly can live with advanced kidney cancer. Let's take a look.

How long can an elderly person live if his kidney cancer spreads to the late stage?

Experts pointed out that since everyone's physical constitution is different, some middle-aged and elderly patients died a few months after being diagnosed with kidney cancer, while others were in a good mood and could live a few more years. In fact, patients can live a few more years after surgical treatment of kidney cancer. If it is diagnosed pathologically, more than 90% of the cases can be confirmed, and it is necessary to see if there is any metastasis. If you are afraid that it is a misdiagnosis, you can go to other hospitals for reexamination.

How to treat advanced kidney cancer?

If kidney cancer develops to the late stage, it will be very difficult to treat, and the patient will lose the chance of radical surgery. Having kidney cancer does not mean death. As long as it can be discovered early and effective and reasonable treatment plans are taken, kidney cancer can be effectively controlled. Kidney cancer patients should treat the disease with a good attitude, receive regular treatment as soon as possible, improve the quality of life, and prolong survival.

At present, comprehensive treatment with medical treatment as the main method should be adopted for advanced renal cancer. Surgery is mainly an auxiliary treatment for metastatic renal cancer. Most patients choose conservative treatment without surgery, as follows:

1. Radiotherapy: For patients with local tumor bed recurrence, regional or distant lymph node metastasis, bone or lung metastasis, radiotherapy can relieve pain and improve the quality of life in the current treatment method, which is more beneficial for patients with advanced renal cancer.

2. Surgical treatment: This type of treatment requires selective treatment based on the patient's physical condition. For patients with good physical condition and low risk factors, surgical treatment should be the first choice. For patients with severe hematuria, pain and other symptoms caused by renal tumors, palliative nephrectomy and renal artery embolization can be selected to relieve symptoms. The main purpose is to improve the patient's quality of life.

3. Metastatic treatment: Patients with advanced renal cancer are often seriously ill due to the spread of cancer. Therefore, when treating patients in this situation, a comprehensive treatment with internal medicine as the main treatment is adopted. Treatment with Chinese medicine or other means is mainly to reduce the patient's pain.

How long can an elderly person with advanced renal cancer live? The above content has been introduced in detail. Warm reminder: During the late stage of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, many drugs can cause kidney damage and side effects. So in terms of diet, you should drink more water, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and alkaline foods. Follow the doctor's advice and take some diuretic and kidney-protecting foods.