| Most cancers are named after the part of the | | | | Symptoms of Kidney Cancer |
| body where the cancer first begins, and kidney | | | | Some Symptoms of Kidney Cancer: |
| cancer is no exception. As kidney cancer grows, it | | | | A lump or mass in the kidney area. |
| may invade organs near the kidney. Kidney | | | | Weight loss. |
| cancer begins in the kidneys two large, | | | | High blood pressure. |
| bean-shaped organs one located to the left, and | | | | Side pain that does not go away. |
| the other to the right of the backbone. Some of | | | | Blood in the urine. |
| the areas it affects are the liver, colon, and | | | | Loss of appetite. |
| pancreas. Renal is the Latin word for kidney, and | | | | Fever. |
| kidney cancer may also be referred to as renal | | | | Fatigue. |
| cancer. Kidney cancer cells may also break away | | | | Treatment of Kidney Cancer |
| from the original tumor and spread (metastasize) | | | | Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill |
| to other parts of the body. When kidney cancer | | | | cancer cells, and is also sometimes used to relieve |
| spreads, cancer cells may appear in the lymph | | | | pain when kidney cancer has spread to the bone. |
| nodes. | | | | Biological therapy is a treatment that uses the |
| Causes of Kidney Cancer | | | | body's own immune system to fight cancer. |
| The common Causes and risk factors of Kidney | | | | Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer |
| Cancer: | | | | cells. |
| Smoking. | | | | Hormone therapy is used in a small number of |
| High blood pressure. | | | | patients with advanced kidney cancer to try to |
| Obesity. | | | | control the growth of cancer cells. |
| Poor diet. | | | | The whole kidney is removed along with the |
| Tuberous sclerosis. | | | | adrenal gland, tissue around the kidney, and, |
| Family history. | | | | sometimes, lymph nodes in the area. |