WHAT IS KIDNEY CANCER?
The uncontrolled proliferation of a certain part of the cells in the body and their spread to the surrounding and
distant tissues is called cancer. Kidneys are organs located on both sides of the upper back region of the abdomen and clean waste materials from the blood. Kidney cancer is the most common type of cancer that occurs in the kidneys in adults and is called renal cell carcinoma in medical terms. Other types of cancer that are less common in the kidneys
include cancers originating from the urinary canals within the kidney and cancers seen in childhood
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WHAT CAUSES KIDNEY CANCER
The exact cause of kidney cancer is not yet known. However
Research has revealed some risk
factors for the development of kidney cancer. The three most important risk factors for the development of kidney cancer are smoking, high blood pressure and obesity. As can be understood, among the numerous benefits of a healthy diet, exercise and avoiding smoking
there is also protection against the risks of kidney cancer. Other risk factors for kidney cancer include family history, long-term dialysis treatment due to kidney failure, and some rare genetic diseases. However
It should be known that not everyone who has these risk factors will develop kidney cancer
, and people who do not have any risk factors may also develop kidney cancer
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY CANCER?
Kidney cancer usually does not cause symptoms in the early stages. As the cancer progresses, it causes symptoms such as bleeding in the urine, pain on the side of the abdomen, and the cancer mass becoming apparent. It also causes symptoms such as fever, weakness, weight loss, anemia
and as the cancer progresses to surrounding tissues and spreads to distant organs
cough and bone pain.
>WHO HAS KIDNEY CANCER
Kidney cancer usually occurs in people between the ages of 50 and 70. It is approximately twice as common in men
than in women. T.R. According to the data of the Ministry of Health, kidney cancer is more common in men in our country. While it ranks 7th in terms of frequency among the most common cancers
, it is not among the 10 most common cancer types in women
WHEN IS KIDNEY CANCER DIAGNOSED
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Since early stage kidney cancer usually does not cause symptoms, the majority of patients at this stage are diagnosed incidentally in imaging studies performed for other reasons
(such as ultrasonography and computed tomography).
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In advanced disease, the diagnosis is made by investigating the patient's complaints with imaging studies
. In patients diagnosed with kidney cancer, various additional laboratory and radiological
examinations are performed to determine the prevalence of the disease.
HOW IS KIDNEY CANCER TREATED?
The treatment of kidney cancer is determined according to the patient's age, health status and the spread of the cancer
stage (stage). For cancers that have not spread beyond the kidney
standard treatment is surgical removal of only the tumor or the tumor together with the kidney
. Surgical treatment can be performed by open or closed (laparoscopic) method, taking into account the characteristics of the disease.
In patients who cannot undergo surgical treatment due to their general health condition and whose cancer is small in size, alternatively methods based on the destruction of cancer tissue by heating or freezing can be applied. In tumors that have spread outside the kidney
systemic drug treatments are applied with or without surgical treatment
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