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G42 - Surviving Kidney Cancer
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Intro: More people are surviving cancer than ever before. Take kidney cancer for example. If you have it you might not get symptoms until it's rather advanced. Not long ago a diagnosis like that was bad news. But now, thanks to technology, teamwork and medical expertise, people are beating this deadly disease. More from Mayo Clinic.
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Total running time 1:40 | "YOU HAVE TO BE A THINKING PERSON TO BE A GOOD FLY FISHERMAN BECAUSE THE FISH ARE TYPICALLY A LOT SMARTER THAN YOU. (HA.HA.)" |
| IT TAKES A PRETTY CRAFTY TROUT TO OUTSMART MICKEY PAYNE. AN OUTDOORSMAN WITH A DOCTORATE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES. | |
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Mickey Payne | "THE WATER LOOKS A LITTLE MURKY TODAY, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COAX ONE OUT." |
| MICKEY'S NOT EASILY FOOLED BY THE FISH, BUT HE SURE HIT A SNAG WHEN KIDNEY CANCER MIMICKED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. | |
| Mickey Payne | "IT WAS A SHOOTING PAIN, BUT IT WAS DEEP INSIDE." |
| MICKEY'S SYMPTOMS FELT LIKE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE THE TUMOR, WHICH STARTED IN HIS KIDNEY, GREW OUT AND INTO A MAJOR VEIN AND UP INTO HIS HEART. THEN A PIECE OF IT BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN HIS PULMONARY ARTERY BLOCKING BLOOD FLOW. | |
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Michael Blute, M.D.
| "THIS WAS A CRITICAL EVENT FOR THIS PATIENT. HE WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT HE GOT TO MEDICAL CARE IN TIME." |
| DR. MICHAEL BLUTE HEADED THE TEAM AT MAYO CLINIC THAT OPERATED ON MICKEY. FIRST THEY USED CT SCANS AND OTHER IMAGING TESTS TO PINPOINT THE CANCER. THEN A CARDIAC SURGEON PERFORMED OPEN HEART SURGERY TO REMOVE THE TUMOR IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND HEART. | |
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Michael Blute, M.D.
| "THEN WE REMOVED THE REST OF THE CANCER THAT WAS IN HIS KIDNEY." |
| Standup | AND IN THE VEIN CALLED THE VENA CAVA. A COMPLICATED OPERATION, BUT THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE, MICKEY IS LIVING. |
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Vivien Williams Reporting | THERE'S A CHANCE MICKEY'S CANCER COULD COME BACK. SO HE'S TAKING THE TIME TO ENJOY WHAT MATTERS. BEING SURROUNDED BY NATURE ON A COOL TROUT STREAM. |
| Mickey Payne | "I CAN COME OUT HERE AND FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON TRYING TO FIND A FISH I'M A LITTLE BIT SMARTER THAN." |
| FOR MEDICAL EDGE, I'M VIVIEN WILLIAMS. |
Tag: Mickey is one of the 20 percent of all kidney cancer patients whose cancer grows into a nearby vein. His tumor, which didn't cause symptoms until part of it broke off, was the size of a football. For more information on kidney cancer, visit our Web site at...
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