How long can you live with bone metastasis in the late stage of renal cancer? The answer given may be unexpected

Kidney cancer is prone to metastasis in the late stages, and its main sites of metastasis are the lungs and bones. Patients with bone metastasis account for 20 to 25 percent of all patients with metastatic symptoms, and the bone metastasis rate among patients who died from kidney cancer was as high as 40 percent. Even after surgery in the early stages of kidney cancer, 20 to 30 percent will still have metastasis to different parts of the body. All of this seriously affects the quality of life of kidney cancer patients.

Overview

Bone metastasis occurs when cancer cells spread from their original site to the bones.

Almost all types of cancer can spread to bones. But certain types of cancer are especially likely to spread to bones, including breast cancer and prostate cancer.

Bone metastases can occur in any bone, but are more common in the spine, pelvis, and thighs. Bone metastases may be the first sign that you have cancer, or they may occur years after cancer treatment.

Bone metastases can cause pain and broken bones. With rare exceptions, cancer that has spread to the bones cannot be cured. Treatment can help reduce pain and other symptoms of bone metastases.

symptom

Sometimes bone metastases cause no signs or symptoms.

Once they develop, signs and symptoms of bone metastases include:

Bone pain

Broken bones

Urinary incontinence

Bowel incontinence

Leg or arm weakness

High levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia) can cause nausea, vomiting, constipation, and confusion.

When to see a doctor

If you have signs and symptoms that bother you long-term, make an appointment with your doctor.

If you've ever been treated for cancer, tell your doctor about your medical history and any signs and symptoms that concern you.

reason

Bone metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and spread to the bones, where they begin to multiply.

Doctors are not sure what causes some cancers to spread. It is also unclear why some cancers metastasize to bones and not to other common sites of metastasis, such as the liver.

Risk factors

Almost any type of cancer can spread to the bones, but the cancers most likely to cause bone metastases include:

Breast cancer

Kidney cancer

Lung cancer

Lymphoma

Multiple Myeloma

Prostate cancer

Thyroid cancer

How long can patients with advanced renal cancer bone metastasis live? This depends on how they are treated. The current classic treatment for renal cancer bone metastasis is surgery plus immunotherapy. Surgical treatment includes auxiliary nephrectomy and surgical treatment of bone metastasis lesions, with the aim of removing lesions, alleviating patients' bone pain, and preventing pathological fractures and paraplegia. Single bone metastases should be actively surgically removed and bone defects reconstructed and fixed, including artificial joint replacement, intramedullary nails, plate fixation, etc. For multiple metastases with a risk of pathological fractures, lesions should also be actively removed, reconstructed, and fixed. Spinal metastases that may cause paraplegia should be curettaged and decompressed and fixed. Immunotherapy has large side effects, but it also plays a certain role in controlling tumor recurrence after surgical resection and may be beneficial to improving survival rates.

The treatment of renal cancer bone metastasis is usually a combination of surgical treatment and biological immunotherapy. Surgical treatment includes auxiliary nephrectomy and surgical treatment of bone metastasis lesions, with the aim of removing lesions, alleviating patients' bone pain, and preventing pathological fractures and paraplegia. Biological immunotherapy is to repair the patient's damaged immune system so that the immune system can function again and eliminate residual tumor cells in the body, completely preventing recurrence and metastasis. Biological immunotherapy can also improve the patient's physical function, increase the patient's tolerance to treatment, and help the patient's condition improve. The patient's physical pain will also be alleviated.

The current classic comprehensive treatment method prolongs the survival time of patients with renal cancer bone metastasis. After surgical resection and fixation, the pain is relieved, pathological fractures and paraplegia are avoided, and the quality of life is greatly improved. Some patients may still survive for up to 6 to 8 years after renal cancer bone metastasis occurs, but recurrence and metastasis to other parts (especially renal metastasis) are still troubling for oncologists.