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Could a kidney cancer exist for 17 years?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Yes: At autopsy, I've often found tiny cancers and thought, "Maybe it would have been big enough to be a problem in maybe twenty years."

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/3/2014

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