Disability Doc

13.21 Kidneys, adrenal glands, or ureters-- carcinoma .

A. Inoperable, unresectable, or recurrent.

Inoperable - surgery is of no therapeutic value or cannot be performed due to risk to the patient.

OR

Unresectable - operation was performed but all of the tumor could not be removed.

OR

Recurrent – recurrence of the tumor in any part of the body after completion of initial antineoplastic therapy.

OR

B. With metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes.

Similar to stomach (gastric) cancer, requiring metastases to regional lymph nodes (or beyond) – will be described in the pathology report (microscopic exam of tissue) or in medical imaging studies, such as MRI or CT scan.