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Renal Cell Cancer (cont.)

Medications

The goals of drug therapy are to induce remission, to reduce symptoms, and to prevent complications.
 
Anticancer agents: Chemotherapy often has little affect in renal cell cancer. However, in a small minority of people, chemotherapy can relieve symptoms and sometimes delay growth of the cancer. The best chemotherapy drugs for renal cell cancer are as follows:   

Hormones: Hormone therapy shrinks renal cell cancer in fewer than 5% of cases. Medroxyprogesterone (Provera) is an example of a hormone used to treat renal cell cancer.
 
Biological agents: These agents are most often used in people with metastatic renal cell cancer.


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