Dear Sandy
I was just exploring the MD Anderson site info on Kidney Cancer, and came across this reference, which may be in of interest to you (hope it's OK to cut and past from the site) (the link is http://www.mdanderson.org/diseases/kidney/display.cfm?id=ef1
The text reads
"Chemotherapy is generally ineffective against kidney tumors, but may have a role in the treatment of metastatic tumors that have spread to the lung, bones, brain or lymph nodes. In these cases, chemotherapy would be combined with surgery or other localized therapy. A combination of gemcitabine and capecitabine to treat metastatic renal cell carcinoma has been studied in several clinical trials, and other chemotherapy agents may also be analyzed for their effectiveness in treating metastases. "
Capecitabine is Gemzar (I googled it!)
I must bear this in mind for my own husband's mets.
All the best, Julie