u/r00986

I've been scheduled for a radical nephrectomy of my right kidney after a CT scan showed a 3.9 cm mass on my right kidney.The Urologist said the mass is too centrally located for a partial nephrectomy or ablation. I had been hoping to preserve my kidney. However after doing some research, I'm now really worried about the possibility of the mass is a renal medullary carcinoma. I'm 38 years old and have the sickle cell trait, so this has me really worried since the average survival rate is around 2 yrs for RMC. I currently have no symptoms and no evidence the tumor has spread.