Stage 4 Kidney Cancer Removal. Because the adrenal gland is attached to the kidney the cancer often spreads. In stage 4 the cancer has already advanced to distant sites.
The five year survival rate for stage 2 kidney cancer is 74 percent. It had metastasized to her lungs in two places. Doctors call this nephron sparing surgery.
Heart attacks strokes and many other medical conditions that are fairly common among older patients are more likely to be fatal than a kidney tumor that is in this early stage.
Doctors call this nephron sparing surgery. Some of the kidney is left behind. It had metastasized to her lungs in two places. Surgery is generally not an option in this stage.