A Patient’s Experience With Initial Treatment for RCC

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Mr. Fuentes felt it was important to understand the range of potential side effects to anticipate how his body would potentially react to treatment for RCC and determine his physical abilities and support needs, but was most focused on whether his first post-treatment scan showed tumor shrinkage.

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