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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Suggest Treatment For Kidney Tumor Other Than Chemotherapy

I have a friend who is a 50 year old male who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in Novemeber. The tumor was large and there was indication it had moved to one of his lungs lymph nodes. They recommended surgery to remove the cancerous kidney and start chemotherapy. My friend declined. He thinks there is some kind of snake oil cure out there. Actually, he just shelled out about 600.00 for CBD oil. He says his urine is rusty in color which makes me think blood obviously. He absolutely refuses to go back to his doctor. They told him to contact hospice. Based on this little bit of info, do you think he could still hae a chance if I can make him go and have the kidney and tumor removed and maybe there is an alternative treatment besides chemo? I got mad when he got this CDB oil, and finally asked him how he was doing and he said he feels oily . He can t eat. Will the kidney tumor cause his kidney to shut down?
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
Untreated kidney tumour will definitely shut downhis kidneys. So better to start treatment. This will increase life expectancy and reduce his suffering s.
Since he is having lung nodule, he is having stage 4 kidney cancer.
The only treatment modality is palliative treatment.
This consist of debulking surgery and chemotherapy. This is done just to reduce suffering s. And no role of any oil or any herbal substances.
So better , you should take him to other oncosurgeon and discuss all these.
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Suggest Treatment For Kidney Tumor Other Than Chemotherapy

Thanks for your question on HCM. Untreated kidney tumour will definitely shut downhis kidneys. So better to start treatment. This will increase life expectancy and reduce his suffering s. Since he is having lung nodule, he is having stage 4 kidney cancer. The only treatment modality is palliative treatment. This consist of debulking surgery and chemotherapy. This is done just to reduce suffering s. And no role of any oil or any herbal substances. So better , you should take him to other oncosurgeon and discuss all these.