A 21-year-old member asked:
Is kidney cancer hereditary?
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Dr. Matthew Thomanswered
Urology 16 years experience
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.
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Dr. Terence Chapmananswered
Urologic Oncology 27 years experience
Sometimes: The vast majority of kidney cancer cases are not inherited (sporadic). There are a handful of syndromes known to be associated with different types of kidney cancer but they are rare. A well known example is von hippel-lindau syndrome.
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Last updated Nov 4, 2021
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