Hi everyone, I’ve recently been diagnosed with a 6cm tumour on my left kidney. I have surgery booked for the 28th March but having seen the urologist last week he has given me the choice between having the whole kidney removed or just the part of it...
Hello my husband has stage 4 kidney cancer and was told it is treatable but not curable. Anyway he has started Immunotherapy, can someone please help with the effects of this. He seems to of gone downhill, is this normal with the side effects...
I've recently been diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency, alongside the continuing j-word with kidney cancer. Please read my post in the new to the community group for a longer explanation of this. I'm hoping someone in this group can identify with this...
Hi everyone. I’ve not posted for a while as things have been quite settled lately. My hubby was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer with lung mets in March 2021 and has been on Axitinib and Avelumab since then. The first 12 months saw a dramatic reduction...
I thought this article would be of interest to people here, especially the nephrectomites. Pembro has been approved for adjuvant RCC in the UK (in Oct 2022) for "increased risk of recurrence" situations. It's the first adjuvant treatment approved for...
Hi all, Does anyone have experience of Bench Surgery? Sorry to bother you with this but there doesn't seem to be much information out there on it. It sounds like a pretty dramatic procedure and I wondered how long it takes to get over it? Just to...
Hi everyone I'm new here, Feb 13th I had an ultrasound on my liver, Feb 14th I had a telephone call from my GP saying my liver was fine but they had found a tumour in my kidney which he says is cancer (I was confused how they would know this without...
Hello everyone, just popping in to say hi to all, and have recently joined the roller coaster journey we have all found ourselves on. I have a bit of reading to do, to catch up on what to possibly expect and by the looks of it, some very good advice....
in January 2023 I was told my kidney tumour is 3.5cm by my urologists and that tumour remains stable and has not changed size in the 12 months since first diagnoses.I was sure used to be bigger but accepted his word. When I got home I checked the letters...
Hi, I am experiencing constant dizziness. They think it is a side effect if nivo/ipo which has caused inner ear inflammation and so the dizziness. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this? Jackie
