Understanding kidney cancer
Audiobook
Published:
01 Nov 2021
Next review:
01 Nov 2024
Edition:
11
This audiobook explains kidney cancer, also called renal cell cancer (RCC). It contains information about causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. And also talks about emotional practical and financial issues.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Cancer and the kidneys
- 4 Risk factors and causes of kidney cancer
- 5 Signs and symptoms of kidney cancer
- 6 Diagnosing kidney cancer
- 7 Staging and grading kidney cancer
- 8 Treating kidney cancer
- 9 Surgery and tumour ablation to treat kidney cancer
- 10 Targeted therapies and immunotherapies to treat kidney cancer
- 11 Radiotherapy treatment for kidney cancer
- 12 After your treatment for kidney cancer
- 13 Your feelings
- 14 Coping with your emotions
- 15 Relationships
- 16 Financial help and benefits
- 17 Work
- 18 About our information
- 19 Other ways we can help you
- 20 Other useful organisations
- 21 Further resources
- 22 Can you do something to help
- 23 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Nov 2021
Next review:
01 Nov 2024
Edition:
11
This audiobook explains kidney cancer, also called renal cell cancer (RCC). It contains information about causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. And also talks about emotional practical and financial issues.
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