moving from sutent to radiation

My Parent had RCC,Was On Sutent for 6 rounds.Now the growth on the kidney(i suppose sutent did its job,correct me i i a w),is STABLE,but the metastase(!),has now moved to the lung,and the concerned oncologist    has refferred my parent to a RADIO-ONCOLOGIST,who has being giving my parent doses of,very focussed,low gradient photon accelleretor,therapy.

I need help from the community to tell me if this is good,or in short, if someone could give me a prognosis....?

Pl.Help 

Without more information, it is difficult to reply to your post . The treatment seems atypical of normal RCC treatment protocols. In nearly all cases, mine included, either a radical, total or a partial nephrectomy is preformed, to remove the primary tumor. Mets to the lungs, the most common location are generally treated again with surgery to remove the tumors or with drugs, mets to other areas are usually treated with drugs again depending on location. RCC is not known to respond to radiation or chemotherapy.  Sutent is one of the last drugs used in RCC treatment usually other drugs with less severe side affects are tried first.

I am not a medical professional, I have however been contending with stage 4 RCC for several years had multiple surgeries and taken just about drug available including Sutent which I am currently taking. If the information in your post is all there is and accurate RUN to ANOTHER ONCOLOGEST who knows something about RCC.

Where are you located?

Traditional radiation does not work on RCC, however sterotactic radiation does.

Do not do traditional radiation as it will limit your options doesn the road.

On 7/2/2009 tommyv91 wrote:

Without more information, it is difficult to reply to your post . The treatment seems atypical of normal RCC treatment protocols. In nearly all cases, mine included, either a radical, total or a partial nephrectomy is preformed, to remove the primary tumor. Mets to the lungs, the most common location are generally treated again with surgery to remove the tumors or with drugs, mets to other areas are usually treated with drugs again depending on location. RCC is not known to respond to radiation or chemotherapy.  Sutent is one of the last drugs used in RCC treatment usually other drugs with less severe side affects are tried first.

 

I am not a medical professional, I have however been contending with stage 4 RCC for several years had multiple surgeries and taken just about drug available including Sutent which I am currently taking. If the information in your post is all there is and accurate RUN to ANOTHER ONCOLOGEST who knows something about RCC.

 

Where are you located?

thanks,

but this was a case of late detection,and the drug administered first WAS sutent!Apparantly,the mass of the kidney was so large that(i quote,that removing it would be a huge insult to the body)at the same time radiation was also ruled out!At this time,the kid. is stable,but only the mets in the lung are being irradiated(apparantly it is a 21 day schedule)

My parent is loosing weight,but is still very much locomotive,but with a pain in the leg.He has gone thru all the other adjunct add on's.

So,if You follow me,afinitor was not even considered,bcoz THE RCC,at this time,is stable.

These mets in the lung(which app follow RCC),do they at all respond to LPGA therapy?

Educate me Please.

I am located in Plano,Tx.