A Patient’s Experience With an RCC Diagnosis

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Mr. Cesar Fuentes had a kidney tumor surgically removed; lymph node and bone metastases years later led to immune and targeted therapy which have provided significant tumor shrinkage and generally mild, manageable side effects.

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