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Renal Cell Cancer

Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Kidney cancer also called renal cancer is a cancer that starts in the kidneys. Almost all kidney cancers first appear in the lining of tiny tubes (tubules) in the kidney. This type of kidney cancer is called renal cell carcinoma.

Signs and Symptoms of Kidney Cancers

If you notice stains of blood in your urine
If you feel the presence of a lump in the side of your stomach
If you experience a sudden loss in appetite
If you experience constant pain in your side
If you observe that you are losing weight without any apparent reason
If you have fever for over 4 weeks without being affected by any particular infection or a cold
If you experience tiredness
If you feel anaemic
If you observe swelling in your legs or ankles

If the kidney cancer has penetrated into other organs in the body, it may cause further symptoms including:

If you experience a shortness in breath
If you notice blood with your cough
If you feel severe pain in your bones

Treatment

Surgical Therapy can be used in multiple ways in treating kidney cancer. It may include:
- Laparoscopic or Robotic nephrectomy that uses telescopic tools that are inserted into the stomach through tiny incisions. With a partial nephrectomy, it can partially remove the kidney with the tumour. When a radical nephrectomy is performed, the operation removes the entire kidney, and in some cases the adrenal gland, tissue around the kidney, and surrounding lymph nodes.
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy when performed is able to remove the whole kidney along with ureter and the bladder using telescopic tools.
Tumour Ablation is another method by which the tumour can be destroyed without surgical intervention. It can be done by two mechanisms:
- Cryotherapy
- Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiation Therapy can help to ease the symptoms such as bone pain and can be used in combination with other cancer therapies. Singularly, it cannot cure kidney cancer.
Targeted Therapy can be used to treat kidney cancer by destroying or killing the cancerous cells or slowing the tumour growth through drugs. Targeted therapy can also be applied to treat kidney cancer that has progressed to an advanced stage.
Immunotherapy or otherwise known as biological therapy boosts the patient’s immune system to fight against cancer.