Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Outlook
What to expect with renal cell
carcinoma
:
About 65 percent of people with
cancer
that has not spread beyond the kidney survive 5 years.
About 35 percent of people with
cancer
that has spread to the lymph nodes survive 5 years.
About 5 percent of people with
cancer
that has spread to other organs survive 5 years.
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Underlying Cause
Related Topics:
Bloody urine
Cancer
Kidney disease
Transitional cell carcinoma
Wilms tumor
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Abdominal pain
Abdominal swelling
Back pain
Blood in the urine
Flank pain
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Last Updated: Jul 8, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Renal Cell Carcinoma References:
Amato RJ. Renal cell carcinoma: review of novel single-agent therapeutics and combination regimens. Ann Oncol. 2005 Jan;16(1):7-15.
Baird AD, Woolfenden KA, Desmond AD, Fordham MV, Parsons KF. Outcome and survival with nonsurgical management of renal cell carcinoma. BJU Int. 2003 May;91(7):600-2.
Nassir A, Jollimore J, Gupta R, Bell D, Norman R. Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: a series of 12 cases and review of the literature. Urology. 2002 Sep;60(3):421-7.
