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What is kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is also called hypernephroma or renal cancer. Kidneys are fist-sized peritoneum organs on either side of the backbone. The function of kidneys is to filter and clean your blood, taking out waste products and making urine. Usually, kidney cancer origins in the lining of tiny tubes. Kidney cancer doesn't have early symptoms. With the development of the cancer, frequent symptoms include blood in your urine, pain in your side, a lump in your abdomen and unexplained weight loss. Treatments include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or biologic therapy.
How do I know if I have kidney cancer and what are the symptoms of kidney cancer?
Early kidney cancer does not make any symptoms. When the cancer grows larger, people may notice one or more symptoms as the following:
- Hematuria (blood in the urine)
- Low back pain on one side
- A mass or lump on one side or lower back
- Fatigue and unexplained weight loss
- Edema (swelling of ankles and legs)
Other health problems may also cause these symptoms. Only a doctor can tell for sure. A person with any of these symptoms should tell his/her doctor so that problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.
Who is at risk for kidney cancer?
Clinical data have suggested that the development of kidney cancer is related with several factors.
Genetic and hereditary risk factors
- Von Hippel-Lindau disease
- Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma
- Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma
- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- Hereditary renal oncocytoma
Lifestyle-related and job-related risk factors
- Smoking: Tabacco smoking increases the risk of developing renal cell carcinom.
- Obesity: Clinical survey demonstrate that kidney cancer has a close relatinship with people who are very overweight.
- Workplace exposures: Clinical studies have suggested that workplace exposure to certain substances such as asbestos, cadmium, some herbicides, benzene, and organic solvents, particularly trichloroethylene, may increase the risk for kidney cancer.
Drugs: Some studies have suggested that phenacetin (non-prescription pain reliever) and diuretics (medicines uesd to treat hypertension or heart failure by causing the kidneys to remove salt and fluid from the body) may be linked to kidney cancer.
Advanced kidney disease: People with advanced kidney disease, especially those needing dialysis, have a higher risk of kidney cancer. The reasons may be the accumulation of the metabolic toxin.
A family history of kidney cancer: The risk is higher in people with a family history of kidney cancer.
Hypertension: The risk of kidney cancer is higher in people with hypertension.
Gender: Men have about twice risk to develope kidney cancer than women.
Race: Epidemical data show that African Americans have a slightly higher rate of kidney cancer than other race.
How to know you have kidney cancer?
When to seek urgent medical care
Treatment options
Diseases with similar symptoms
Where to find medical care for kidney cancer
Prevention of kidney cancer
What to expect (Outook/Prognosis)
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/kidneycancer.html