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Renal cell carcinoma, also known by a gurnistical tumor, is the most common form of kidney cancer arising from the renal tubule. It is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. Initial therapy is with surgery. It is notoriously resistant to radiation therapy and chemotherapy, although some cases respond to immunotherapy. Signs and symptoms The classic triad is hematuria (blood in the urine), flank pain and an abdominal mass. This "classic triad" is infrequently present when the p ...
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Kidney Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American Urological Association
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
Resources
- Advancements in Treating Urological Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- American Cancer Society
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