| Kidney cancer is also called as Renal Cell | | | | disease that affects the capillaries of the brain, |
| Carcinoma. It is more general in men than | | | | usually also develop renal cell carcinoma. |
| women, commonly affecting men older than 55. | | | | Kidney disorders that need dialysis for treatment |
| Why the cells become cancerous is not identified. | | | | also increase the risk for developing renal cell |
| A history of smoking greatly increases the risk | | | | carcinoma. |
| for developing the kidney cancer. | | | | The primary symptom is usually blood in the urine. |
| Some people may also have inherited an | | | | Sometimes both kidneys are concerned. The |
| increased risk to increase renal cell carcinoma, and | | | | cancer metastasizes (spreads) without difficulty, |
| a family history of kidney cancer increases the | | | | most often to the lungs and other organs, and |
| risk. | | | | about one-third of patients have metastasis at |
| People with von Hippel-Lindau disease, a hereditary | | | | the time of diagnosis. |