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General Facts About Kidney Cancer- Rescue Hospital

General Facts About Kidney Cancer- Rescue Hospital

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General Facts About Kidney Cancer- Rescue Hospital

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  1. RESCUE UROLOGY HOSPITAL • General Facts About Kidney Cancer • GENERAL FACTS ABOUT KIDNEY CANCER Let's get into presentation

  2. Key Questions: • What is Kidney cancer? • What are the different types of Kidney cancer? • Facts about Kidney Cancer • Symptoms • Causes • Diagnosis • Things • to discuss

  3. What is Kidney cancer? Cancer is formed when the cells in some part of the body start growing out of control. These cancer cells can form a tumour or damaged tissue. If cancer cells grow in the kidney, it is called Kidney Cancer.

  4. What are the different types of Kidney cancer? The most common kidney cancer in adults is renal cell carcinoma. It forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney. Some cancers that occur in the centre of the kidney are known as transitional cell carcinoma. Kidney cancer that occurs in young children is known as Wilms tumour.

  5. Facts about Kidney Cancer • The terms ‘ tumour’, ‘mass’, or ‘lesion’ are used to describe an abnormal growth of cells in the kidney. Tumours can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). • A fluid-filled sac, called the cyst is the most common growth found in thekidney. Cysts are mostly non-cancerous. Solid kid tumours can be benign, but most often they are found to be cancerous.

  6. Symptoms • Kidney tumours can cause blood in the urine. • Pain in the side, abdomen, or back that does not reduce or go away. • A lump in your abdomen. • Loss of weight and appetite for no known reason. • Anaemia and fatigue.

  7. Symptoms • Kidney tumours can cause blood in the urine. • Pain in the side, abdomen, or back that does not reduce or go away. • A lump in your abdomen. • Loss of weight and appetite for no known reason. • Anaemia and fatigue.

  8. Causes • Smoking • Obesity • Chronic high blood pressure • Misusing pain medicine for a long time • Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome • Tuberous sclerosis • Family history of kidney cancer.

  9. Diagnosis • There are no blood or urine tests that detect kidney cancer. • Most often a tumour is diagnosed during a routine screening test for people • with genetic risks ( Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome or Tuberous sclerosis) • A person meets a doctor for some unrelated problem.

  10. Contact 080 28483939 for more information on Kidney Stone and Treatment at our Specialized Clinic, ReSCUE Urology Hospital in Kengeri, Bangalore.

  11. Phone Number Email Address Website 78291 38011 care@rescuehospital.in www.rescuehospital.in • CONTACT • BENGALORE UROLOGISTS • UROLOGISTS HOSPITAL • BENGALORE UROLOGISTSCONTACT US

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