Kidney Cancer Treatment

Treatment

On this page:

• Benefits of Treatment
• Measure
• Period
• Trends
• Most Recent Estimates
• Healthy People 2020 Targets
• Key Issues
• Additional Information on Kidney Cancer Treatment

Benefits of Treatment

Partial nephrectomy rather than complete removal of the kidney may prevent serious side effects, including chronic kidney disease, while producing similar outcomes.

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Measure

Partial nephrectomy (removal of part of the kidney) or complete nephrectomy in patients with local-regional disease.

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Period – 2000–2008

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Trends – Partial nephrectomy increased rapidly, APC = 13.2 percent, from 2000 to 2004 and increased more slowly from 2004 to 2008.

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Most Recent Estimates

The rate of partial nephrectomy is 22 percent. The rate of complete nephrectomy is 62 percent.

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Healthy People 2020 Targets

There are no Healthy People targets for cancer treatment, including kidney cancer treatment.

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Key Issues

The use of partial nephrectomy should be encouraged when appropriate.

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Additional Information on Kidney Cancer Treatment

• Kidney Cancer (NCI)
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/kidney
• Kidney Cancer Association
  http://www.kidneycancer.org

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Page last reviewed: June 20, 2012