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Hi, i am diagnosed with kidney cancer. Doctors said I need to remove right kidney since the cancer is located right in the center of the right kidney. The problem is I do not have health insurance, and worried about the totla costs. Can you give me an estimated of the operation & all the costs? Thanks.
Fri, 23 Jun 2017
Hi and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i can understand your anxiety.
Are you worried about the treatment of kidney cancer or operation cost.?
The charges for the operation,vary from hospital to hospital.
You should get it operated it as urgently as possible,if it hasn't spread much.
There are two types of surgery,open or laporoscopy.It's done in 2 ways :
1. Partial nephrectomy,removing the tumor and surrounding normal part.
2. Radical nephrectomy. That's removing the kidney and surrounding part.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.
As an Urologist, i can understand your anxiety.
Are you worried about the treatment of kidney cancer or operation cost.?
The charges for the operation,vary from hospital to hospital.
You should get it operated it as urgently as possible,if it hasn't spread much.
There are two types of surgery,open or laporoscopy.It's done in 2 ways :
1. Partial nephrectomy,removing the tumor and surrounding normal part.
2. Radical nephrectomy. That's removing the kidney and surrounding part.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.
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