How to treat renal cancer after removing one kidney

How to treat kidney cancer after removing one kidney? The treatment of kidney cancer is mainly radical resection, which means some patients need to remove one kidney. Next, I will introduce how to treat kidney cancer after removing one kidney. I hope it can help patients.

People have long recognized that two healthy kidneys are more than enough to maintain survival. In addition, people have also observed that after one kidney is removed, the remaining kidney will compensatory enlargement and functionally take on the work of the original two kidneys. Therefore, some people believe that the removal of one kidney has no effect on the patient's life expectancy. In fact, studies have found that the degree of compensatory enlargement of the remaining kidney after surgery varies greatly among different patients, and some elderly patients even develop chronic renal insufficiency after surgery. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to the morphology and function of the remaining kidney, we must also pay attention to the overall condition.

How to treat renal cancer after removing one kidney? The patient's body is relatively weak after the operation, and it takes two weeks of rest to recuperate. Other treatments are still needed after the operation, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and some auxiliary drugs. Selenium Weikang contains selenium-rich malt, vitamin E and beta-carotene. It is beneficial to eliminate residual cancer cells, prevent recurrence and metastasis, and accelerate wound healing, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and reduce infection and complications. There is literature support that selenium malt can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, affect the activity of telomerase, induce apoptosis of cancer cells, prevent recurrence and metastasis, and combine with radiotherapy and chemotherapy to enhance the effect and reduce toxicity. Reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and improve the effect of treatment.

In daily life after kidney cancer surgery, you should pay attention to the following: actively control infection; strictly control your diet, low in salt, low in fat, high-quality low-protein, low-calorie diet; adjust your mood in life, maintain an optimistic attitude towards life, avoid fatigue, strengthen physical exercise, and enhance your disease resistance; you should also have regular checkups after surgery, every 1 to 3 months, and if you are in good condition, check once every six months to a year, and insist on comprehensive treatment.