23 COLOR THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF MACULAR DEGNERATION Color therapy sounds like something that belongs to interior design and not in the doctorâs office! You may be surprised that there is a long history of color in the treatment of eye disease.
1 The following tests are used to help diagnose kidney cancer: physical exam, urine tests, blood tests, intravenous pyelogram, CT scan, MRI scan, ultrasound, biopsy of kidney tissue, and surgical removal of kidney tissue.
Often the surgeon will simply remove the entire tumor and then have a sample of tissue examined. Once your doctor makes a diagnosis of kidney cancer, you may need other tests to tell if the cancer has spread within your kidney, to the other kidney, or to other parts of your body.When cancer spreads from the place where it first started, it has metastasized. You might need a CT scan or MRI.A chest X-ray can show whether the cancer has spread to your lungs. A bone scan can see if it is in your bones. These tests will help your doctor determine the stage of kidney cancer. A tumor that is in the kidney's main blood vessel and may also be in nearby lymph node. 2  A tumor that is in the fatty tissue around the kidney and may also involve nearby lymph nodes. 3  A tumor that extends into major veins or perinephric tissues, but not into the ipsilateral adrenal gland and not beyond Gerota's fascia.