I have Wilson s Disease and Diabetes. Every year or two I go for an MRI to assess the liver as a result of the Wilson s. I recently went for an MRI of the abdomen whicChatDoctore back as concerning for renal cell carcinoma due to a 1.4 cm mass in my right kidney. I went for a biopsy which was positive for Stage 1 cancer. I am scheduled to have the tumor removed by a laproscopic procedure. Is this the right way to proceed? What is the risk of reoccurrence?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. If your CT scan has been done and tumor is confined to the kidney then surgery for tumor removal is recommended procedure. Please make sure that there is no involvement of nodes and there is no extra renal manifestation. Usually open laparotomy is done for cancer surgery however if the tumor is small and measures 1.4 cm like you have mentioned then laparoscopy is acceptable. The recurrence of renal cell carcinoma in your case might be 1 to 7 percent and regular follow up will help to treat any persisting cancer. Please consult your doctor regularly. Please do not worry.