Early Surgery Treatment and Kidney Cancer Relapse

Can kidney cancer recur after early surgery treatment?

Surgery methods in treating Kidney Cancer are as follows:


Radical nephrectomy

It is the most common type of surgery for Kidney Cancer, in which the affected kidney and some surrounding tissues are removed. The patients has possibility of living a normal life with only one kidney. However, not all patients can endure the potential trauma of the surgery.


Partial nephrectomy

In this surgery, only the tumor and the part of the kidney surrounding it are removed. It is less invasive than radical nephrectomy, but it only possible if the tumor is smaller than 4cm.


Laparoscopic surgery

In some cases, laparoscopic surgery is performed to remove some, or all of the affected kidney. In this surgery, only small openings are made instead of on large cut in the above surgeries. As there is only a small wound in body, the patients can recover quickly.


The above are the surgeries in early stage of Kidney Cancer. However, the reoccurence of the disease is very high after surgery.

Kidney Cancer keeps persistent development for the differentiation and growth of cancer cells. If cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel in the bloodstream or the lymphatic symptom, secondary tumor( metastases) will occur.

To control Kidney Cancer effectively, the therapy should not only remove the existed cancer cells, but also should can prevent the spreading and regrowth of new cancer cells.