Hi John..I had kidney cancer since 1994 and it metastized in 7places in my body in the last 2 years. I tried sutent it didn/t work..so I had 6 surgeries in the last 2 years. It was a great feeling to have all the tumors out. I had the surgeries because I could and it was successful. Unfortunatelly after 6 months I have more tumors. This time I was told I could not have surgurey on them./ so I am trying sutent again and probably other new meds. I prefer surgery but thats because I don't like the side effects of the meds. Hope this helps