2. 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.
3. Risk Factors
Risk Factors that can be
controlled:
Other Risk Factors:
Smoking Family History
Weight High Blood Pressure
Exercise Medicines
Job Hazards Kidney Disease
Gender
4. Symptoms
Abdominal Pain Loss Of Appetite
Constipation Nausea
Fever Swelling In The Abdomen
General Discomfort Vomiting
Increased Growth On
Only One Side Of The
Body
6. 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 10.6 per 100,000 men 5.4 per 100,0000 women
ISLANDER
AMERICAN INDIAN/ 22.1 per 100,000 men 13.9 per 100,000 women
ALASKA NATIVE
HISPANIC 19.2 per 100,000 men 10.7 per 100,000 women
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Pictures
In this picture it shows the
kidney and then the huge tumor
that is growing right next to it.
10. 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.
