| The most common form of kidney cancer is renal | | | | cases of kidney cancer, caused by smoking. |
| cell carcinoma also called renal adenocarcinoma. | | | | Those who smoke cigars or pipes at greater |
| This form is 90% of cases of kidney cancer. | | | | risk |
| Increasing age is accompanied by greater risk of | | | | * Obesity: Excess weight has been associated |
| developing the disease. It happens mostly | | | | with increased risk of kidney cancer in both |
| between 50 and 70 years. Men are 2 times more | | | | women and men |
| likely to suffer kidney cancer than women. | | | | * High blood pressure: Studies have shown a clear |
| The most common sign of kidney cancer are: | | | | relationship between hypertension and renal cell |
| * The Haematuria: Blood in the urine may appear | | | | carcinoma in men |
| macroscopically, ie the eye. But it is possible to | | | | * Environmental toxins: Workers in factories |
| have a microscopic examination of urine to | | | | producing steel, coal stoves, have high rates of |
| determine the existence | | | | kidney cancer. Also people who have been |
| Pain behind the back, the area under the sides, | | | | exposed to asbestos have a higher risk of |
| which is persistent and is not related to an | | | | developing kidney cancer as lung cancer |
| injury | | | | |
| * Mass in the kidney is usually detected during a | | | | * Hemodialysis: People undergoing long-term |
| physical examination | | | | dialysis for renal failure due to the reduction of |
| * Fatigue | | | | defenses that coexists have an increased risk of |
| * Weight Loss | | | | kidney cancer. For the same reasons at greater |
| * High blood pressure | | | | risk, and patients who have undergone kidney |
| * Fever is recurring, without any justification | | | | treatment. |
| infectious | | | | * Radiation: Radiation under certain conditions can |
| Pain in other parts of the body where the cancer | | | | cause kidney cancer |
| has spread | | | | * It is an inherited disease manifests in childhood |
| * Swollen ankles and legs | | | | with Hemangiomas of retina, aimangeiovlastoma |
| Unfortunately, when the cancer of the kidney | | | | cerebellum, spinal cord and tumors of the |
| begins to generate no signs or symptoms to | | | | pancreas and kidneys |
| suggest its existence. Gradually increasing the | | | | Conclusion will stress that while kidney cancer is |
| volume of the symptoms become more visible. | | | | increasing but we have effective ways of |
| It is important to stress that the most common | | | | combating and prevention. |
| of all parts of kidney cancer is hematuria. The | | | | The avoidance of smoking, healthy lifestyles by |
| authority may from time to time may be ignored | | | | preventing obesity may be a good prevention. |
| in the early stages. | | | | Early diagnosis leads to higher success rates, |
| The causes of kidney cancer are: | | | | based on detecting the first signs of disease are |
| * Smoking: Experts believe that up to 40% of | | | | hematuria and pain. |