Yesterday the medicine agent (Sutent) came to our home, he said my father’s canker sore (a most common side effect of Sutent) can be relieve by smearing honey on them. So we tried that, and it worked! Father feels nausea these days, doesn’t want to eat anything at all, that’s the side-effect of Sutent, the other kidney cancer patient in my OICQ RCC group said my father could eat some rice gruel, with some minced meat and minced vegetables, and he must force himself to eat more! And my mother minced holothurians and …

My girlfriend donated blood this afternoon, i think she is  brave. the nurse said because of the shortage of blood platelet, they hope we can try donating blood platelet,so we both chose to donate blood platelet. glad we can do something for those people who needs help.

i donated last week,so now we both have a donor card

our donor card given by ministry of health PR CHINA. if our lineal relationships need blood, they can have blood for free and they have priority to use blood.

my arm~ it’s been a week,still …

Introduction
Background
Renal cell carcinoma is the most common primary tumor of the kidney, it accounts for about 3% of adult malignancies and about 90% of neoplasms arising from the kidney. It is characterized by a lack of early warning signs, diverse clinical manifestations, resistance to radiation and chemotherapy, and infrequent but reproducible responses to immunotherapy agents such as interferon alpha and interleukin 2(IL-2). New agents, such as sorafenib and sunitinib, having anti-angiogenic effects through targeting multiple receptor kinases, have activity in patients failing immunotherapy. In the past, these tumors were believed to derive …

Staging is the process of finding out if and how far the cancer cells has spread in your body. Your treatment and prognosis (outlook) depend, to a large extent, on the cancer’s stage.Staging is based on the results of the physical exam, biopsies, and imaging tests (CT scan, chest x-ray, PET scan, etc.)
There are actually 2 types of staging for kidney cancer. The clinical stage is your doctor’s best estimate of the extent of your disease, based on the results of the physical exam, lab tests, and any imaging studies you have …

Parts of following information are extract from Wikipedia and the ACS(American Cancer Society).
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General information about RCC
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC, also known as hypernephroma) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, there are 2 kidneys, one on each side of the backbone, above the waist, the very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products. RCC is the most common type of  kidney cancer(1), and the most common type in adults, responsible for approximately 80% of cases. …