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Kidney Mass

by anniemc, Jul 02, 2008 05:28PM
My father has been diagnosed with a mass about 8 cm on his right kidney and it is also on the psoas muscle.  What are the chances that this mass is non-cancerous also if it is cancerous what treatment if any is recommended?

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by DrNoopurMD, Jul 02, 2008 11:51PM
Hi,

How old is your father and what symptoms does he have? It is possible that the tumor may be benign, a biopsy will tell whether the tumor is benign or malignant. Generally the treatment of kidney cancer is surgical removal along with chemotherapy.IL-2 is now being used for chemotherapy of kidney cancer.
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