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Progress in the Treatment of Kidney Cancer

Source: www.cancercare.org
Topic: Kidney
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Sort Desciption: Kidney cancer is two to three times more common in men than in women and tends to affect people between the ages of 50 and 70. Kidney cancer tends to be "silent," ...

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Each year, 36,000 adults in the United States are diagnosed with kidney cancer. No one knows what causes this cancer, but it usually occurs for no obvious reason and is rarely inherited. Kidney cancer is two to three times more common in men than in women and tends to affect people between the ages of 50 and 70.'Kidney cancer tends to be "silent," causing no symptoms until it has spread beyond the kidneys. In fact, about 25 to 30 percent of kidney cancers have already spread to other parts of the body by the time they are diagnosed. The most common symptoms are blood in the urine, pain or pressure in the side or back, and a lump in the side or back (see box on page 4).'There are several different types of kidney cancer cells. Knowing which type a tumor contains helps your doctor plan treatment. The most common, called clear cell, is found in about 80 percent of kidney tumors. The second most common, called papillary, is found in about 10 to 12 percent of tumors. Other types, which occur rarely, include chromophobe, collecting duct, and undifferentiated cancer cells.'During the past ten years, researchers have made a number of important discoveries about how kidney tumors develop. For example, scientists have found changes in the genes that promote growth of kidney cancer. These types of findings have led to the development of new drugs recently approved for treatment of the disease. ...

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