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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.
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Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.
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Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
Types of trials, how they work, risks and benefits of taking part.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional cancer treatments.
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Definition of kidney cancer: Cancer that forms in tissues of the kidneys. Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma (cancer that forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products) and renal pelvis carcinoma (cancer that forms in the center of the kidney where urine collects). It also includes Wilms tumor, which is a type of kidney cancer that usually develops in children under the age of 5.
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New cases: 49,096
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Deaths: 11,033
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See the online booklet What You Need To Know About Kidney Cancer to learn about kidney cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor.
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Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy
Renal Cell Cancer Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Treat Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
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Partial Nephrectomy to Treat Small Renal Tumors Underused
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Sunitinib Linked to Heart Failure and Hypertension
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Biological Therapies for Cancer: Q & A
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Metastatic Cancer: Q&A
Information related to prevention, genetics, and risk factors
Smoking Home Page
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Understanding Gene Testing
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Search: Cancer Genetics Services Directory
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Cancer Genetics Overview [health professional]
Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures
Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
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Tumor Markers: Q&A
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Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data
Kidney Cancer Trial Results
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Clinical Trials for Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial
Resources available from the PubMed database
Cancer Topic Searches: Urinary Tract Cancers
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Cancer Literature in PubMed
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports
NCI Funded Research Portfolio
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Genitourinary (GU) SPOREs
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Kidney/Bladder Cancers PRG Report
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
Cancer Stat Fact Sheet: Cancer of the Kidney and Renal Pelvis
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Snapshot of Kidney Cancer
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Finding Cancer Statistics
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Understanding Cancer Statistics
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