Recurrence rate of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Cancer damage causes the gradual failure of people's internal organs until their lives end. Cancer research is still ongoing, but kidney cancer is a disease that is not easily detected by people. When patients suppress the spread of cancer cells through treatment, the problem of recurrence becomes particularly important. So, is the recurrence rate of clear cell renal cell carcinoma high?

Kidney cancer is prone to recurrence mainly due to the following reasons:
1. Biological characteristics The so-called biological characteristics here refer to the malignancy of the tumor. Generally speaking, the malignancy of kidney cancer in elderly patients is relatively low, while that in young patients is relatively high, and the prognosis after treatment is not very ideal. Experts point out that the higher the malignancy of the tumor, the stronger its resistance to chemotherapy drugs, and the higher its recurrence rate.
2. Incomplete surgical resection. Many patients choose the wrong hospital, which leads to some doctors only focusing on short-term efficacy. The surgery is only performed from the perspective of trauma, thus narrowing the scope of radical resection of kidney cancer, resulting in residual cancer cells or metastatic lymph nodes in the abdominal cavity that are not easily detected by the naked eye. At the same time, no comprehensive treatment plan is specified after the operation, and no radiotherapy or chemotherapy is performed to fight residual viruses, which increases the chance of recurrence.
3. Low immunity. Some kidney cancer patients already have low immunity and obvious symptoms of general fatigue before surgery. In addition, the trauma of the surgery reduces the patients' resistance and makes them unable to withstand the extensive damage caused by the surgery. Therefore, after surgery, some patients' condition may even become worse and worse.