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Kidney Cancer
Although kidney cancer usually grows as a single mass within the kidney, a kidney may contain more than one tumour, or tumours might be found in both kidneys at the same time.
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Reviewed June 2011
12 Resources Found
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| Title: | Kidney cancer |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | The kidneys are part of the urinary system. Kidney cancer is more common in people over the age of 55 years and affects more men than women. Surgery is the most common treatment. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma; RCC) |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of cancer that originates in the kidneys. It occurs due to mutations of cells in the kidney's filtering system. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Kidney cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | Most kidney cancers are renal cell carcinomas, but others such as transitional cell carcinoma, renal sarcoma and other unusual types also exist. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Surgical management for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Upper tract transitional cell carcinoma is an uncommon cancer mainly affecting the draining system of the kidney (kidney pelvis) and ureter (the tube through which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder). The main treatment approach for this condit... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Targeted therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Background Cancer of the kidney is an important health problem with over 15,000 deaths in North America annually. Kidney cancer in adults that has spread or is too advanced for surgery is incurable and is resistant to conventional chemotherapy drugs. D... |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Kidney cancer (renal manifestations of malignant disease) |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of kidney cancer (renal manifestations of malignant disease), written by professional medical specialists. |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Surgical management of localised renal cell carcinoma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) is the third most common urological cancer; most commonly detected on abdominal scans or presents with blood in urine, abdominal lump and or pain. Surgical removal remains the only curative option in the localised di... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Staging of renal cell carcinoma |
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| Publisher: | Department of Health Western Australia |
| Description: | Staging imaging algorithm for patients with confirmed renal carcinoma (on biopsy or highly suspicious on imaging), prior to definitive treatment |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Renal mass |
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| Publisher: | Department of Health Western Australia |
| Description: | Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with a clinically palpable or incidental renal mass on imaging. |
| Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Title: | Kidney cancer (Comments for consumers) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Kidney cancer can cause bleeding into the urine. It may also cause pain, but sometimes there are no symptoms. |
| Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Title: | Drug treatment of renal cancer |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Renal cell cancer is best diagnosed early and treated by complete surgical excision. There is currently no standard effective drug therapy for advanced or metastatic renal cell cancer. New therapies have therefore emerged aimed at vascular endothelial growth factor and other growth factors mediating angiogenesis. |
| Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Title: | Immunotherapy for advanced renal cell cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cancer originating in the kidney in adults, known as renal cell carcinoma, is an important health problem (childhood Wilms' tumour is a different condition not covered in this review). The condition is rarely curable if it has spread to other organs a... |
| Date: | May 2006 |
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