Tue oct 09, 2012 directory maps calendar news search:   home about us about kidney cancer treatment options surgical treatments tumor ablation embolization immunotherapy targeted therapy surveillance clinical trials chemotherapy future treatments after treatment faq our team donor profiles clinical trials education news and events contact us request an appointment help fight kidney cancer helpful links urology department ronald reaganucla medical centerrated one of the besthospitals in the nation22 consecutive years   home treatment options chemotherapy treatment options / chemotherapy chemotherapy treatment for kidney cancer chemotherapy is a treatment for cancer that involves administering drugs to kill malignant cells. Chemotherapy is typically not effective against kidney tumors, but is sometimes used in the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer that has spread to the lung, bones, brain or lymph nodes. In some of these cases, chemotherapy might be used in combination with surgery or other localized therapies. Kidney cancer tends to be resistant to traditional chemotherapy. However, there are certain sub-types of kidney cancer, such as sarcomatoid variant or capillary, that do not respond to cytokines. There is no efficacy data of sutent or nexavar in these subtypes. Hence, chemotherapy in the absence of available clinical trials is sometimes used to treat these sub-types. The ucla kidney cancer program has a clinical trial with velcade (a chemotherapy drug approved for multiple myeloma for capillary sub-type of kidney cancer). Chemotherapy may also be used in highly pre-treated and refractory kidney cancer that has failed multiple prior therapies such as sutent, nexa. cheap generic viagra