Introduction to several main treatment methods for locally advanced renal cancer

Locally advanced renal cancer is a tumor disease that causes fatal damage to the patient's kidneys. If it is not treated in time, the cancer cells may gradually spread to other organs, causing more serious damage. What are the treatments for locally advanced renal cancer ? Let's talk about the treatments for locally advanced renal cancer.

In general, treatments for locally advanced renal cancer include:

1. Surgical treatment of renal vein or/and vena cava tumor thrombus: Most scholars believe that TNM stage, tumor thrombus length, and whether the tumor thrombus infiltrates the vena cava wall are directly related to prognosis. It is recommended to perform renal or/and vena cava tumor thrombus removal surgery for patients with clinical stage T3bN0M0. This surgery is not recommended for patients with CT or MRI scans showing invasion of the vena cava wall or with lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis. The mortality rate of renal vein or vena cava tumor thrombus removal surgery is about 9%. This is the main treatment for locally advanced renal cancer.

2. Regional or extended lymph node dissection: It is also the main treatment for locally advanced renal cancer. Early studies advocated regional or extended lymph node dissection, but recent research results suggest that regional or extended lymph node dissection is only useful for determining tumor staging in patients with postoperative lymph node-negative disease. Regional or extended lymph node dissection is only beneficial for a small number of patients and is not recommended for routine use.

3. Postoperative adjuvant therapy: There is no standard adjuvant treatment for locally advanced renal cell carcinoma after radical nephrectomy.

The above is an introduction to the main treatment methods for locally progressive renal cancer. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Once you have locally progressive renal cancer, you must go to the hospital immediately and actively receive treatment in order to effectively alleviate the condition and reduce the damage caused by it.