How to treat advanced renal cancer

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Uncle Li recently felt that his body was getting worse and worse, very weak. When he went to the hospital for an examination, he found that he had advanced renal cancer. In a moment, he felt that the sky was falling down. Now let me tell you how to treat advanced renal cancer.

How to treat advanced renal cancer

First: immunotherapy and biological therapy: the most commonly used non-specific immunity is BCG. Although it has no direct anti-tumor effect, it can expand the effect of cell and antibody immune response through immunocompetent cells, so as to enhance the anti-tumor ability of the host.

Second: hormone therapy: renal cell carcinoma is obviously dependent on hormone. Recent research results suggest that there are androgen and progesterone receptors in normal kidney and renal cell carcinoma tissues, and the experimental observation of progesterone and testosterone inhibiting tumor growth lead to the application of hormone in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Hormone therapy is effective in relieving symptoms and prolonging survival time of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, which may be related to hormone receptor.

Third: radiotherapy and chemotherapy is a commonly used method for advanced patients, and it is also an adjuvant treatment method for patients after surgery. Although these methods can remove cancer cells to a certain extent, they will also damage the normal immune cells of patients, causing hair loss, nausea, leucopenia and so on. Therefore, patients should choose their own methods according to their actual conditions.

matters needing attention

The treatment of advanced renal cancer is subject to many limitations, many traditional treatment methods are not applicable, such as surgical treatment, so in this special period, generally through traditional Chinese medicine to regulate, specific or depends on the individual situation.