Surgery to remove all or part of the kidney (nephrectomy) is recommended. This may include removing the bladder and surrounding tissues or lymph nodes. The treatment is unlikely to occur unless the entire tumor is removed surgically.
Hormone treatments may reduce tumor growth in some cases.
Chemotherapy is usually effective in the treatment of kidney cancer. However, the drug Interleukin-2 (IL-2) can help a small number of patients. It tells the immune system to kill cancer cells. And 'Highly toxic.
Other chemotherapy drugs have been used, but patients generally do not live long, when the disease has spread outside the kidney.
New drugs to treat kidney cancer are:
Sorafenib (Nexavar)
Sunitinib (Sutent)
Temsirolimus (Torisel)
Bevacizumab (Avastin)
Radiation therapy usually does not work for the RCC so that is not often used.
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