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Kidney cancer (renal cell)
A type of cancer where the cells of the kidney grow in an uncontrolled way, leading to urinary changes, abdominal pain, and weight loss.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Rare | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | |||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common |
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A 38-year old asked:
How do you diagnose kidney cancer (renal cell cancer)?
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A 50-year old female asked:
I had a left nephrectomy for renal cell cancer t1b tumor. Is there anything I shd be doing to protect the health of my r kidney besides 6mo testing?
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A 36-year old asked:
Renal cell carcinoma is a bad kidney cancer?
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A 18-year old male asked about a 83-year old male:
Renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) at 83years. Would u recommend surgery?
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A 47-year old asked:
Targeted therapy for stage 1 renal cell carcinoma(kidney cancer), can you tell me more about this?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Had renal cell carcinoma in 2010. Have ct scans every year. This year a kidney cyst popped up. It is small. Since I have had cancer is this a problem? Or do we not worry about it?
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A 66-year old female asked:
Renal Cell Carcinoma - had radical nephrectomy left kidney, cancer has spread to the lungs - surgery not an option. Life expectancy w/o treatment?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Can we use Votrient instead of Sunitinib for treatment of Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Type 1 stage 4 kidney cancer with a similar mass near lungs?
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A 34-year old asked:
How fatal is kidney cancer (renal cancer)?
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A 44-year old asked:
My mom has been diagnosed with renal cancer and they removed her kidney, what should she eat?
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A 54-year old asked:
My mom had renal cancer and a kidney removed, should she be taking spiriva for copd?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Are there any proven association between double renal artery for a kidney and renal cancer risk in future?
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A 56-year old female asked:
What is exophytic renal cysts? My husband has one that is measured 8mm. Could it be a precursor to kidney cancer?
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A 46-year old female asked:
What is a t1 htperintense right lower pole renal lesion most likely 1cm complex cyst scanhave repeat 6mths. Kidney cancer runs family Could be cancer?
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A male asked:
I have a result of renal tract CT,,with 3cm exophytic mass arising from the upper pole of L kidney which looks like a cyst,,is this cancer??
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A 43-year old female asked:
Kidneys/Ureters: 0.6 cm left upper pole exophytic renal mass, measuring 98 HU, most likely solid. This was incidental. But wasnt in my ultra sound last month. Likelihood this is cancer? Dr said RCC, angiolipoma?
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A 53-year old male asked:
My brother in law has renal kidney cancer that has spread to his lymph nodes and bones, what is his life expectancy?
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A 30-year old female asked:
30 yr old female. Had renal ultrasound for micro hematuria. Left ureter jet wasn't firing. Kidney blood test normal. Could this be cancer?
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A 65-year old male asked:
F53, 2x kidney cancer survivor, my recent ct scan shows renal cortical scarring. i only have one kidney, how serious is this?
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A female asked:
Acute renal failure after hysterectomy becuase of uterine cancer. Is this normal after a hysterectomy? Problems after surgery, dec 2011, mother 62, now renal failure. Kidney doctor found blockage causing the kidneys to fail.
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A 19-year old male asked:
If i toke HGH suplement in 19 years old. I there any effect on cancer cells , specialy if i had kidney cancer when i was 2 years?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Urinoanalysis showed nothing wrong.no cancer cells even thx god.but rbc 18-20. Kidney infection they told me. Is it related ?
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A 49-year old female asked:
When you have a partial nephrectomy for stage 1 grade 3 clear cell kidney cancer, how can you tell if the lymph nodes are clear?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are kidney cancer cells different from breast cancer cells and lung cancer cells?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Should i take a full strength of chemo. When only 1/3 of the strength causes bad chest pain I have only about 15% of my heart and 20% of my kidney. I have lung cancer, the no cell cancer, with each treatment it has affected my heart. But if i don't take t
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A 39-year old male asked about a 39-year old male:
kidney cancer. This ruptured during op to remove. would this have spread cancer cells? He has tumours now and a little in hip bone. Prognosis?
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A 31-year old asked:
What are the tests for renal cell cancer?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of renal cell cancer?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the treatment for renal cell cancer?
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A 34-year old asked:
What's life expectancy having renal cell carcinoma stage 3 a year after having kidney removed?
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