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Many new treatments are being tested for kidney cancer.
They include biological therapies| – such as cancer growth inhibitors|, monoclonal antibodies|, vaccines| and gene therapies| – and chemotherapy drugs. They may be given to try to reduce the risk of cancer coming back after surgery (called adjuvant treatment), or to try to control kidney cancer that has spread.
Because these treatments are still experimental they will usually only be available within clinical trials|. If your doctor thinks a clinical trial may be helpful for you, they can refer you to a specialist hospital where the trial is being run. You may have to travel a long way to the specialist hospital.
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