Question 1

on average, how long will a patient with terminal kidney cancer live?

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Ask his/her doctor: Depends on many factors, including current overall health, functional status, ongoing palliative treatments including palliative chemotherapy, and so on.  His/her doctors (including hospice or palliative doctor) could give an average estimate and tell you how likely it would apply to that person's situation.

Question 2

i need to know who determines what kind of treatment a kidney cancer patient receives?

Accepted Answer

Stage and patient: A number of factors determine what kind of treatment such as stage of disease, size of tumor, comorbidities of the patient, age of the patient, overall kidney function, etc.

Question 3

if somebody had kidney cancer can doctors tell what stage it's in by doing an mri or cat scan on the patient?

Accepted Answer

Not thoroughly: For example, ct or MRI of the abdomen would not fully stage because imaging of other parts of the body are needed to rule out metastatic disease.  Nccn guidelines recommend the following for kidney mass work up: history & physical exam, cbc, cmp, ua, ct a/p or MRI and, chest imaging, & consider brain mri, bone scan, urine cytology, needle biopsy.

Question 4

does the diet affect the risk of kidney cancer?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: Over the past dozen years, there have been studies coming out of central europe, eastern europe and russia that have found an association between ingestion of preserved vegetables, milk products, and red meats.  Fresh vegetables seem to be protective against the risk or kidney cancer.  Since the study groupsr from a particular area, genetic or other environmental factors may be at play.

Question 5

is kidney cancer hereditary?

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Can be: Certain hereditary syndromes including von hippel lindau, birt-hogg dube syndrome for example, increase risk of kidney cancer.  These syndromes typically have other manifestations as well. However, the vast majority of kidney cancer is sporadic.

Question 6

how  did i get kidney cancer?

Accepted Answer

Difficult to be sure: Most kidney cancers are sporadic, meaning there is no inherited cause, though there are a number of familial syndromes associated with it. Multiple factors including  environmental exposures and possibly diet smoking and obesity can lead to genetic mutations in kidney cells which if not properly repaired can lead to uncontrolled growth sometimes with the ability to spread far from the kidney.

Question 7

how is kidney cancer diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

X-rays: Kidney cancer, when suspected, is primarily diagnosed with imaging studies. These tests include kidney ultrasound, ct scans, and mri. A kidney biopsy is rarely indicated as the diagnosis can usually be made with these imaging studies. Special urine may also be performed as an adjunct to x-rays for certain types of kidney cancers.

Question 8

how aggressive is kidney cancer?

Accepted Answer

Aggressive: Kidney cancer is generally aggressive. There are varying degrees of aggressiveness which is determined by biopsy after the kidney is removed. Untreated aggressive kidney cancer is usually fatal. The treatment of choice is surgery.

Question 9

what are cause of kidney cancer?

Accepted Answer

Kidney cancer: You should see your urologist and also look at nccn.Org but smoking. About a third of kidney cancers are thought to be caused by smoking. Some of the chemicals from tobacco get into the body and are passed out in urine. These chemicals in the urine can be damaging (carcinogenic) to kidney tubule cells.
Other chemical carcinogens. Some workplace chemicals have been linked to an increased risk.

Question 10

kidney cancer causes and symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Spontaneous: Renal cell cancer
 may be asymptomatic
large palpable mass
urinary blood
back pain
pulmonary emboli from venous extension.

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