064 Living a life beyond complicated medical diagnoses and advocating for your health needs
Lots of medical terminology gets thrown around in this great conversation with Dana Benson. We’ll do our best to provide more information where we can.
Hysterectomy is surgery to remove the uterus[www.nhs.uk]
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), also known as renal cell cancer, is the most common type of kidney cancer. About 9 out of 10 kidney cancers are renal cell carcinomas. If you’re told you have kidney cancer, it’s most likely to be a renal cell carcinoma. [American Cancer Society]
Nephrectomy (nuh-FREK-tuh-me) is a surgery to remove all or part of a kidney. Most often, it's done to treat kidney…
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