Hey,
my mum was diagnosed with kidney cancer in May, she had a scan which showed swollen lymph nodes and was sent for a biopsy. They was unable to do a biopsy due to them being to small and they said this is a sign the cancer is confined to the kidney. The surgeon wanted to be double check so they did a CT scan with dye and it only hightlighted the kidney, they was satisfied it was confined to the kidney and removed it on the 13th of August.
in the surgery they noticed the swollen lymph nodes and said they looked swollen again, but we did already know this. Now we have a phone call from the surgeon on Friday to discuss if they will just do a scan in 3 months to check the lymph nodes or start chemo just in case.
has anyone had experience in this? The hospital says the only way to determine secondary lymph node cancer is through a biopsy but they are to small to do that. Anyway we will find out the next step Friday but just find it strange because they don't have any more information as they did before the surgery but prior they was happy that it was confined to the kidney.
