…fat and fibrous tissue that surround the kidney, but cancer cells have not spread beyond the fibrous tissue cancer cells may be found in one nearby lymph node; OR the cancer cells have spread from the kidney to a nearby large blood vessel, cancer cells may be found in one nearby lymph node. 4. Stage IV is one of the following: it extends beyond the fibrous tissue that surrounds the kidney OR cancer cells are found in more than one nearby lymph n…




