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A member asked:

Can a uti cause kidney cancer? if a bladder infection spreads to your kidneys, can it cause cancer there?

8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Terence Chapman answered

Specializes in Urologic Oncology

No: There is no evidence that UTI causes cancer in the kidney. It can cause scarring of the kidney and stones in rare cases, but kidney cancer is not associated with uti.

Dr Levitt and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/16/2015

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No: Cancer is not a kidney infection.

Dr Friedlander and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/5/2013

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