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BEING told you have kidney cancer comes as a huge shock to most patients, says Kim Jackson, clinical nurse specialist in urology oncology based at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan. '
Most patients are being investigated for other conditions entirely, like gallstones or gynaecological problems,' she says. 'But the scan picks up an incidental kidney problem and within a very short time they have surgery. Because they're not expecting it at all, and the time span between diagnosis and the operation is very short, patients have little time to get their heads round what's happening to them and it's all very distressing.See the full content of this document
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