Treatments Your doctor will develop a treatment plan that fits your individual needs. Radical nephrectomy is removal of the whole kidney along with the adrenal gland, tissue around the kidney and sometimes lymph nodes in the area. Simple nephrectomy - only the kidney is removed. Partial nephrectomy - only the part of the kidney that contains the tumor is removed. The remaining kidney is generally able to perform the work of both kidneys.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells.
Hormone therapy is used in a small number of patients with advanced kidney cancer to try to control the growth of cancer cells. Arterial embolization is a procedure in which small pieces of a special gelatin sponge or other material are injected through a catheter to clog the main renal blood vessel. This procedure shrinks the tumor by depriving it of the oxygen-carrying blood and other substances it needs to grow. The Greenebaum Cancer Center and Department of Urology are located at the University of Maryland Medical Center, in downtown Baltimore, a few blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Our map can help you get to our facility from just about anywhere.