Kidney Cancer

[cazzz1975]

my daughters best friends aunt has just been diagnosed with this and she has been asking a lot of questions, apparently she has had her kidney and pancreas removed already and the doctor has said she has a 40 per cent chance of dying (60 per cent chance of surviving.

does she have a realistic chance of survival bearing in mind her pancreas and kidney have been removed? she does not believe the doctors outlook

[Sqad]

cazz.....I have to assume quite a bit from your post.
Firstly that the primary growth is in the kidney and has involved the pancreas (quite an extensive tumour). Secondly we do not know how aggressive the tumour is and what grade.

If the tumour is very aggressive then one is looking at a 10% survival rate for 5 years, in simple terms one patient in ten, despite treatment will be alive in 5 years....not good.

However if the tumour is of low grade and low aggression then the survival rate might rise to 30 0r 40%....3 or 4 out of ten will be alive after 5 years, still not good, but better.

Please note that these 5 year survival rates are purely statistical and depends on the fitness of the patient and the aggression of the Oncologist.

[cazzz1975]

thanks sqad, wow, prognosis does not sound too good, she is only in her late 30s.

I have only just found out about her so info is sketchy, she has had another organ removed as well, may be lymph node? I was hoping the prognosis would be better as she has two young kids.

[Sqad]

cazz.......sorry.