Kidney Cancer

The term kidney cancer generally refers to any cancer arising in the kidney or renal pelvis, but most of the tumors considered in this analysis are renal Kidney Cancer cell carcinomas, which arise from cells in the tubules of the filtration portion of the kidney.

Kidney cancer is a cancer that starts in the kidneys. To understand more about kidney cancer, it helps to know about the normal structure and function of the kidneys.

Risk Factors:-
The cause of kidney cancer is not known. Epidemiologic evidence indicates that age beyond 50 years, male gender, and end-stage renal disease are risk factors for developing kidney cancer.

What are the symptoms?
Symptoms can include: blood in the urine a lump that can be felt in the abdomen pain in the lower side of the back or the side that does not go away weight loss loss of appetite fatigue fever and night sweats. Many of the symptoms are symptoms that can be caused by infection or other problems. Make sure that you report symptoms to your healthcare provider so the cause can be found as soon as possible.

Risk Factors include:-
*   Smoking ,
*   Obesity ,
*   Hypertension,
*   Work-related exposures to certain substances, such as leather dyes, cadmium, petroleum products, and asbestos.
*   High blood pressure:
*   Family history of kidney cancer:

In addition, medications, such
*  Diuretics,
*  Dietary factors,
*  Including coffee consumption,
*  High-fat and high-protein
*  Diets, and high consumption of red and processed meat have been associated with kidney cancer.
*  Interestingly, alcohol consumption is weakly associated with a decreased risk of kidney cancer
*  Despite these associations, no definite causal relationship has been established.

How is it diagnosed?
Kidney cancer may be hard to diagnose. Sometimes kidney tumors are found when X-rays are taken for other reasons. Your healthcare provider will ask about your symptoms and examine you. Tests may be done to look at the kidney and see how well it is working. The tests may include: blood tests to check for infection, anemia, and kidney function urine tests to check kidney function intravenous.

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