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I need to know who determines what kind of treatment a kidney cancer patient receives?
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Stage and patient: A number of factors determine what kind of treatment such as stage of disease, size of tumor, comorbidities of the patient, age of the patient, overall kidney function, etc.
Answered 7/6/2013
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