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Kidney Cancer Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist.
They're located behind your abdominal organs, one on each side of your
spine. Like other major organs in the body, the kidneys can sometimes
develop cancer.
In adults, the most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma,
which begins in the cells that line the small tubes within your kidneys.
Children are more likely to develop a kind of kidney cancer called Wilms'
tumor.
Many kidney cancers are detected during procedures for other diseases or
conditions. Imaging techniques, such as computerized tomography (CT), are
being used more often, which may help find more kidney cancers.
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Symptoms : -
Kidney cancer rarely causes signs or symptoms in its early stages.
In the later stages, kidney cancer signs and symptoms may include : -
* Blood in your urine, which may appear pink, red or cola-colored
* Back pain just below the ribs that doesn't go away
* Weight loss
* Fatigue
* Intermittent fever
Causes : -
Your kidneys are part of the urinary system, which removes waste and excess
fluid and electrolytes from your blood, controls the production of red blood
cells, and regulates your blood pressure. Inside each kidney are more than a
million small filtering units called nephrons. As blood circulates through your
kidneys, the nephrons filter out waste products as well as unneeded minerals
and water. This liquid waste - urine - flows through two narrow tubes (ureters)
into your bladder, where it's stored until it's eliminated from your body through
another tube, the urethra.
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Just what causes kidney cells to become cancerous isn't clear. But researchers
have identified certain factors that appear to increase the risk of kidney cancer.
Types of kidney cancer
The most common types of kidney cancer include : -
* Renal cell carcinoma : - This type of kidney cancer usually begins in the
cells that line the small tubes of each nephron. In most cases, renal cell tumors
grow as a single mass, but you may have more than one tumor in a kidney or
develop tumors in both kidneys.
* Transitional cell carcinoma : - This type of kidney cancer develops in the
tissue that forms the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder.
Transitional cell carcinomas can also begin in the ureters themselves or in the
bladder.
* Wilms' tumor : - Wilms' tumor is a type of kidney cancer that occurs in
young children.
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