Kidney Cancer: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach that Saved My Life

Kevin Kiernan was experiencing a twinge in his side and pain. He went to urgent care and learned he had a massive tumor on his kidney that had grown out of the kidney, up the Vena Cava and into his heart. Kevin was told his cancer was life threatening and an extremely aggressive cancer. Kevin reached out to The Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute and within 24 hours he had an appointment with Dr. Phil Pierorazio. Dr. Pierorazio worked together with specialists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, cardiac surgeons and vascular surgeons to provide Mr. Kiernan with personalized kidney cancer care that ended up saving his life.