What to ask your doctor about biological therapies for kidney cancer
Some questions you might ask your doctor
- Would biological therapy help me?
- What biological therapies are available?
- Why have you recommended biological therapy for me?
- What are the side effects likely to be?
- How long will I be treated for?
- What do you hope the treatment will do for me?
- Do you use interferon to treat kidney cancer in this hospital?
- Do you use aldesleukin (IL-2) to treat kidney cancer in this hospital?
- Does this primary care trust pay for biological therapy for kidney cancer?
- Are there clinical trials that you know of using biological therapy for kidney cancer?
- Are there any trials that you know of that might suit me?
- Can you help me to find a clinical trial that would suit me?






