1. We are researching kidney cancer
2. A cancer in the kidney that starts small but gets bigger. Kidneys may have multiple tumors
3. This cancer affects the kidneys whose function are to filter blood and get rid of excess water, salt, and waste.
4. Some of the risk factors include smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, and family history.
5. Small amounts of blood in urine, low back pain, tiredness, and weightloss if not trying can be signs of kidney cancer.
6. Kidney cancer can be found by CT scans, and MRI's. Kidney cancer is more often than not found when searching for a different illness or disease.
7. The staging system for kidney cancer is the roman numerals 1-4, with 1 being the least severe and 4 being the most.
8.The 5-year survival rate for kidney cancer is as follows: Stage I=96%, Stage II=82%, Stage III=64%, and stage IV=23%
9.The treatments for this cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy,etc. The most recommended treatment is surgery.
10.Radiation Therapy can cause changes in skin that look like sunburn, nausea, diarrhea, and tiredness. The side effects of chemotherapy depend on the type of drug. Biologic therapy can be severe and in a small amount of cases fatal.
11.One of your doctors may be a medical oncologist.
12.Three statistics involving kidney cancer include a 96% 5-year survival rate of stage 1 kidney cancer patients. The chance of getting kidney cancer in your lifetime is 1 in 75, and Renal cell carcinoma makes up more than 90% of kidney cancer.
