Kidney Cancer Symptoms In Females

Kidney cancer symptoms often occur later in the disease process. Kidney cancer symptoms may consist of blood in the urine, pain in the kidney region (pain in the side) and a palpable swelling. Kidney cancer occurs twice as often in males as females. In kidney cancer there is a malignant swelling (called a tumor) in the kidney. The most common kidney tumor in adults is the kidney cell carcinoma. This tumor is formed in the kidney tubes. Initially, kidney cancer usually does not give rise to complaints. It is therefore difficult to determine the disease at an early stage. Later there may be blood in the urine or continuous pain in the back may occur. Different treatments are possible in kidney cancer. If the kidney tumor is not sown, surgery is the treatment of preference. In the case of sowing, the tumor is often also removed.

What is kidney cancer?
Kidney cancer is cancer that develops in the kidneys. The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. Each human is equipped with two kidneys located behind the abdominal cavity on either side of the vertebral column, with the right kidney slightly lower than the left kidney. The kidneys have the function of removing excess water and waste from our body.

Forms of kidney cancer
Kidney cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults. This form is also called Grawitztumor. This tumor is formed in the kidney tubes, which form part of the nephrons (the filters) in the kidney. Another more common form of kidney cancer is the Wilms tumor, also called nephroblastoma. This form is only for children. Often this form of kidney cancer occurs during the first 5 years of the child. In most cases, only one kidney is affected. The incidence of kidney cancer seems to increase, but it is not clear why?

Complaints and symptoms kidney cancer

Kidney cancer rarely causes symptoms at an early stage. Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose the disease early. Later, kidney cancer may include the following symptoms:

• Blood in the urine, which may cause the urine to be pink, red or color
• Persistent pain in the back (in the side, kidney region) and noticeable swelling;
• Often and long-lasting tired without a clear cause;
• Feeling of lethargy and apathy;
• Night sweats ;
• Loss of appetite;
• Unexplained weight loss
• Intermittent fever.

Cause kidney cancer
It is not exactly clear what the cause of kidney cell carcinoma is. Some people are at greater risk of developing kidney cancer.

Risk factors

Risk factors for kidney cancer are:

• Overweight.
• Smoking. It appears that smokers are estimated to have one and a half times the risk of kidney cancer as non-smokers.
• High blood pressure.
• Prolonged dialysis. Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys do not work well. It removes waste from the blood.
• Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome. This is a rare hereditary and congenital disorder. The cause is a change in hereditary material, as a result of which it is more likely to develop benign or malignant tumors in different parts of the body including the kidneys.
• Occupational risk. Some people are at higher risk of developing kidney cancer because they come into contact with certain carcinogens or substances in their workplace).
• Sex. Kidney cancer occurs twice as often in men as females.
• Older age. The risk of kidney cancer increases as someone grows older. People over 45 years have an increased risk of kidney cancer, with a peak between 65 and 75 years.

Diagnosis and research

Kidney cancer can be diagnosed based on the following studies:

• Physical examination. The doctor examines the overall health of the patient and he looks for fever and high blood pressure. The doctor also feels in the kidney area.
• Blood and urine examination.
• Imaging research, such as ultrasound, doppler ultrasound. computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
• A cystoscopy. This is a "survey" using a cystoscope, a hollow tube with a viewer at the end of the tube.
• Doing a biopsy. A piece of tissue (a biopsy) is removed for further investigation.

Treatment of kidney cancer

Different treatments are possible in kidney cancer. The treatment depends on the following factors:

• the type of cancer cells from which the tumor is formed;
• the degree of malignancy of the cancer is;
• The stage in which the cancer is located, that will bless the extent to which the disease has expanded into the body.

These factors also determine the purpose of the treatment. When healing is possible, curative treatment will be used. That is a cure-based treatment. If the cure is excluded because the disease is sown, for example, palliative treatment can be initiated. This is a treatment that combats the complaints as much as possible and inhibits the disease as much as possible.

Kidney cancer can be treated by surgery, using medication or by a combination of medicines and surgery.

Kidney cancer surgery

If no outgrowth or metastases have been detected, the kidney is surgically removed. Often the doctor will remove the entire kidney and surrounding tissue. In case of a small tumor, part of the kidney can sometimes be retained.

You can survive with only one kid as long as it works. If the surgeon removes both kidneys or if both kidneys do not work, kidney dialysis will be required or a new kidney (kidney transplant). A transplantation is possible if your cancer was located only in your kidney and a donated kidney is available.

Other methods
In a kidney tumor smaller than 4 cm, which can not be removed by surgery or when there is a need for kidney treatment, the doctor may suggest other treatment options to destroy the tumor:

• Cryoablation uses extreme cold to destroy the tumor. This finds laparoscopic site, ie via a stomach rupture or under the guidance of radiological imaging: CT scan, MRI, Cone Beam CT or ultrasound
• Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) uses high-energy radio waves to destroy the tumor.

Arterial embolization
Arterial embolization is the occlusion of a blood vessel by administration of a particular agent in order to block blood or blood vessel blood bleeding. This blocks the blood supply to the tumor. This procedure can be done to shrink the tumor before surgery.

Immunotherapy
In case of sore kidney cancer, immunotherapy can be used. This is a drug treatment that stimulates your immune system to attack cancer cells. This can reduce the saturation.

Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy or targeted therapy is a special form of immunotherapy, using agents that act directly on the cancerous cells. These drugs block the growth and division of cancer cells.

Radiation
In kidney cancer, radiation is used as palliative treatment, often in bone or brain soreness . The purpose of radiotherapy is to fight pain or reduce other complaints.

Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is not effective in kidney cancer according to literature.

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