Ferne Imus
Ferne Imus voted up Cindy Lou's answer

If it's self contained in the kidney, which it usually is at first , the doctors will remove the affected kidney. People can live just fine with one kidney. My son got kidney cancer when he was 8 years old and they removed his kidney.

Otherwise, they will do the procedures stated in the other answers  … Read more

Ferne Imus
Ferne Imus voted up Cindy Lou's answer

If it's self contained in the kidney, which it usually is at first , the doctors will remove the affected kidney. People can live just fine with one kidney. My son got kidney cancer when he was 8 years old and they removed his kidney.

Otherwise, they will do the procedures stated in the other answers  … Read more