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QUESTIONS TO ASK THE DOCTOR
- What should I expect from a biopsy test?
- What type of kidney cancer do I have?
- What is the stage of the disease?
- What are the treatment choices? Which do you recommend? Why?
- What are the risks and possible side effects of each treatment?
- What are the chances that the treatment will be successful?
- What new treatments are being studied in clinical trials?
- How long will treatment last?
- Will I have to stay in the hospital?
- Will treatment affect my normal activities? If so, for how long?
- What is the treatment likely to cost?
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Author Info: Lata Cherath Ph.D., Laura Ruth Ph.D., The Gale Group Inc., Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2002 |
Table of Contents
Definition
Description
Demographics
Causes and symptoms
Diagnosis
Staging, treatment, and prognosis
Alternative and complementary therapies
Coping with cancer treatment
Clinical trials
Prevention
PERIODICALS
Biopsy
Bone scan
Chemotherapy
Computed tomography (CT) scan
Hematuria
Immunotherapy
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Nephrectomy
Primary tumor
Radiation therapy
Renal ultrasound
QUESTIONS TO ASK THE DOCTOR
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