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Kidney (Renal) Cancer

John, a kidney/renal cancer survivor, describes his experience with the Urologic Oncology Clinic at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center

There is hope, innovation and support available for those with kidney cancer here at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Patient Care and Treatment
The Urologic Oncology Program follows a team approach to diagnosing and treating those with kidney cancer. Our patients have their situation discussed not only by our urologic oncologists and surgeons, but also by experts in radiation oncology and pathology. By having everyone involved, a personalized treatment plan is developed. All of this takes place in our Multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Clinic.

The surgical team has expertise in partial nephrectomy and removal of kidney cancers invading the vena cava. In addition, the program's urologists have expertise in minimally invasive surgery, robotic-assisted surgery. Learn more about robotic surgery by visiting the Robotic Surgery webpage on the UofMHealth.org website.

Support
Since our program is part of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, our patients have access to Patient/Family Support Services. To fully understand what this means, please take time to visit the For Cancer Center Patients area of this website. We outline the services available to our patients at every point in their care.

Make an appointment/referral

To make an appointment, please call 734-647-8903. If you would like to refer a patient, please contact our M-Line service: 800-962-3555. For more information, visit our Make an Appointment web page.

Still have questions?

The nurses at Cancer AnswerLine™ have answers. Call 1-800-865-1125 and you'll get a personal response from one of our registered nurses, who have years of experience in caring for people with cancer.