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.
Estimated new cases and deaths from kidney (renal cell and renal pelvis) cancer in the United States in 2012:
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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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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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Treatment
Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy- Renal Cell Cancer Treatment
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- Transitional Cell Cancer (Kidney/Ureter) Treatment
[ patient ] [ health professional ] - Clinical Trials to Treat Transitional Cell Cancer: Kidney/Ureter
- Drugs Approved for Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
- Partial Nephrectomy to Treat Small Renal Tumors Underused
- Sunitinib Linked to Heart Failure and Hypertension
- Biological Therapies for Cancer
- Metastatic Cancer
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Prevention, Genetics, Causes
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- Understanding Gene Testing
- Cancer Genetics Services Directory
- Cancer Genetics Overview
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