| Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that effects | | | | They are also part of the process of red blood |
| your kidneys, which are located behind your | | | | cell production and work to control blood pressure. |
| stomach, in your lower back just below your ribs. | | | | Each kidney is a package of many small filtering |
| There are two of them and they are each about | | | | units, called "nephrons". Kidney transplants are a |
| the size of your fist. They are important organs | | | | fairly common operation now and it is possible for |
| and you can exist with only one kidney but if you | | | | a person to donate one of their kidneys and live |
| lose them both, that is not the case. Your kidneys | | | | the rest of their lives, using the one remaining |
| are part of the urinary system and serve an | | | | kidney. Just like any other organ in your body, |
| important part in the process of waste removal in | | | | your kidneys can develop cancer. |
| your body. | | | | |