Neoadjuvant therapy can be chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or hormone therapy. Abnormal and uncontrolled cell growth. A new growth of benign or malignant tissue. Surgery to remove a kidney. Radical nephrectomy removes the kidney, the adrenal gland, nearby lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue.
Simple nephrectomy removes only the kidney.
Partial nephrectomy removes the tumor but not the entire kidney. A series of x-rays of the kidneys. The x-rays are taken from different angles and show the kidneys clearly, without the shadows of the organs around them. Cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children. A tumor of the central or peripheral nervous system.