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Stem Cell Therapy For Renal Insufficiency
Renal cancer; Kidney cancer; Hypernephroma; Adenocarcinoma of renal cells; Cancer - kidney
Treatment
Surgical removal of all or part of the kidney (
In some patients, surgery to remove a small number of tumors that have spread (metastases) may be helpful.
Radiation therapy usually does not work for renal cell carcinoma so it is not often used. Hormone...
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