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Doctor, my daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer, metastasized and had her right kidney totally removed. since the nephrectomy, she has undergone 6 months of chemo, and 15 applications of radiation. her diagnosis of life expectancy is 7-17 mon

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Please pose question: This is devastating, but I am not sure what your question is. Nobody can predict with accuracy survival. So, what is the age, what other medical problems, what was the type of kidney cancer (clear cell renal cell, papillary, sarcomatoid, etc). There are molecular targeted therapies for specific tumor types....

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A member asked:

Doctor, my daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer, metastasized and had her right kidney totally removed. since the nephrectomy, she has undergone 6 months of chemo, and 15 applications of radiation. her diagnosis of life expectancy is 7-17 mon

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Lester Thompson answered

Dr Woods and another doctor agreed

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