Renal Cell Carcinoma Prevention and Recovery

Renal cell carcinoma prevention and recovery are important to quality of life and our overall longevity. Preventing kidney cancer is based in the common cancer risks that need to be avoided such as: smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle, avoid asbestos, radiation, excess x-rays, and carcinogenic materials. Get plenty of vegetables, fruits, exercise, and yearly checkups. Recently personal exome biomarker services have become available so those with the genetic high risk for renal cell carcinoma can find out without a family history.

Renal cell carcinoma prevention can be also helped by finding out about your renal cell carcinoma early. It is important to avoid finding out about your kidney cancer in a late stage. While every person can have a different reaction to kidney cancer treatment, statistics show the earlier it is treated the better the final result. If you can catch the kidney mass while it is small, and in the kidney only, then you can prevent the loss of a kidney with a partial nephrectomy.

 Renal cell carcinoma prevention includes radiation or chemo therapy as adjunct (complementary) treatments in case the cancerous cells travel to other parts of the body. Dr. Gheiler and Dr. Bianco will explain the need and usage of any adjunct therapies or clinical research trials that may benefit your chances of removing all of the cancer.

Renal cell carcinoma recovery for an open nephrectomy may take a month to a month and a half and a weeklong hospital stay. Laparoscopic nephrectomy and the robotic da Vinci nephrectomy may take three to four weeks to recover and a two to four day hospital stay. 

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