Latest messages for CancerCompass discussion http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,37221,0.htm Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Should I be concerned?  My doctor preformed a robotic assisted lap. partial nephrectomy on my left kidney 4/1/09 removing a 2 cm tumor.  I was in surgery for 6 1/2 hours because the first cut/tumor removal showed there was a postive margin.  The surgeon went back in and removed the remaining part of the tumor (which was confirmed to be clear cell RCC).  Is this the worst case scenario?  Does this happen often?  Everything I've read online seems to say that this is bad, but the studies are very technical, convoluted, and abstracts, not complete.  I am not on any other therapy, I am told to have follow up scans in one year.  Shouldn't I be doing more to ensure survival? melmig Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT