KIDNEY CANCER

By: Carlos Ayala

What is Kidney Cancer?

Kidney cancer is a cancer the mostly occurs in children. One type of kidney cancer is Wilms Tumor. It is mostly common among some twins and sibling. This occurs in a ratio of 1 out of 200,00 to 250,000 children. Its strikes when a someone is about the age of 3 to the age of 8.

Risk Factors

Risk Factors that can be controlled:

Other Risk Factors:

Smoking

Weight

Exercise

Job Hazards

Family History

High Blood Pressure

Medicines

Kidney Disease

Gender

Symptoms

Abdominal Pain

Constipation

Fever

General Discomfort

Increased Growth On Only One Side Of The Body

Loss Of Appetite

Nausea

Swelling In The Abdomen

Vomiting

Preventions

Some ways people can prevent Kidney Cancer are not smoking no more and getting treatment for high blood pressure. Also losing weight it you are overweight and eating healthier.

How Kidney Cancer Can Be Cured

Some cures for Kidney Cancer are surgery, radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, “keyhole” surgery, removal of metastases, arterial embolization, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, hormone therapy, pain control, and etc.. These are mostly through surgery and depends the type you have and the stage.

Ethnicity

RACE/ETHNICITY MALE FEMALE

ALL RACES 20.0 per 100,000 men 10.2 per 100,000 women

WHITE 20.5 per 100,000 men 10.5 per 100,000 women

BLACK 23.3 per 100,000 men 11.6 per 100,000 women

ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER

10.6 per 100,000 men 5.4 per 100,0000 women

AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKA NATIVE

22.1 per 100,000 men 13.9 per 100,000 women

HISPANIC 19.2 per 100,000 men 10.7 per 100,000 women

Pictures

In this picture it shows the kidney and then the huge tumor that is growing right next to it.

Pictures

Like you saw above this picture show the stages from were it begins. Stage 1 shows when the tumor is small but then when you start to move up like to stage 3 it shows that the substance starts to move up the vein. Then at stage 4 the substance starts to separate and the little particles go up the vein.