Marilyn Green

Marylin was surprised to be told there was something wrong with her kidney when she got a scan to follow up on other health concerns.  Her tumor was just under 2 centimeters long, and she had a robotic partial nephrectomy.  Fortunately for Marylin, the entire tumor was removed through small incisions and more than 90% of her kidney was spared.  She left the hospital the following day.

Marilyn had an unusual type of kidney cancer called high grade papillary renal cell cancer.  This kind of cancer only comprises about 5% of all kidney cancers.  She had her surgery in the late fall of 2017.  So far she has not needed any chemotherapy, and is hoping that she caught it early enough to be cured.