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Standard Treatment Radical nephrectomy or, in selected cases, a simple nephrectomy.
Five-Year Survival 50 to 65 percent
Investigational Postoperative interferon and IL-2 are being evaluated.
Stage III
TNM T3b, N1-3, M0
The tumor invades the renal vein (T3b, N0, M0), the inferior vena cave (T3b) or regional lymph nodes (T3b, N1-3, M0).
Approximately 25 to 35 percent of cases are found in Stage III, 60 percent of whom will have micrometastases found at the time of surgery.
Standard Treatment Radical nephrectomy.
Five-Year Survival 30 to 45 percent
Investigational Same as for Stage II.