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Old 12-14-2009, 11:34 PM
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Cancers constitute 85% of kidney tumours. There are many types of kidney cancer. The most common type is a renal cell cancer. Kidney cancer is very dangerous mainly due to the fact that its symptoms occur in a late stage. It can cause the late detection of the tumour change - often in an advanced developing stage. Kidney cancer often develops in a tricky way without causing any disturbing symptoms.

Early detection and correct diagnosis of the ill person require performing some or all the types of examination mentioned below. Diagnostic tests which allow to make a diagnosis include: urine test, blood test (morphology, concentration of urea's creatinine), and imaging tests: ultrasound scan of the abdomen, computed tomography scan, alternatively urography (x-ray examination of the ureters after injecting intravenous dye), renal arteriography (the blood vessels examination using dye). Magnetic resonance imaging is sometimes used. A kidney biopsy, that is removing cells from the tumour and examining under a microscope whether the tumour contains the tumour cells is not usually performed. Currently, over 80% of kidney cancers are detected incidentally, usually due to an ultrasound scan performed as a standard procedure or due to other ailments. Therefore, advanced cancers of kidney parenchyma rarely occur (they constitute >15%).
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Old 02-03-2010, 08:14 PM
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Good info provided on kidney caner and its types with ways to detect it at an early stage. I am sure that the post will be useful for a lot of people as we are always in need of such valueable information. The way you have explained is simply amazing.
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Old 02-15-2010, 02:45 AM
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Risk of developing kidney cancer include .....

1. Smokers are two times more likely to develop this disease
2. Obesity is linked to about one third of renal cell carcinomas
3. High blood pressure and its treatments (diuretic medications)
4. Patients on dialysis or who are on immunosuppressant drugs after a kidney transplant
5. Radiation
6. Environment, including people who work in steel plants or who are exposed to cadmium, asbestos, trichloroethylene, aniline dyes or heavy metals.
7. People who have had bladder cancer are more likely to develop kidney cancer, and vice versa.
8. Age – people over 40 are more likely to develop kidney cancer
9. Gender – men are almost twice as likely as women to be diagnosed
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Old 03-01-2010, 10:11 PM
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an experimental treatment for advanced kidney cancer using blood cells donated by a sibling completely or partially reversed the often lethal disease, doctors at the national institute of health are reporting. kidney cancer advice signs include blood in the urine, lower back pain or a lump in the belly... when the disease is trapped early and can be surgically removed, it has a fairly good prognosis… but for patients like those in the study with superior renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer which has extend all the way through the body, the disease is usually fatal within a year..
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