Renal cell carcinoma is a type of cancer of the kidney that involves cancerous changes in the lining of renal tubule cells. Prevalence of this disorder is estimated to be .03%, with 18,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States and approximately 8,000 deaths (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2000). The disorder is more common in men than in women, especially men over the age of 55. Among children, renal cell carcinoma is exceedingly rare, representing only 2.6% of all renal cancers in children under 15 years old. The National Cancer Institute reported just 32 cases of renal cell carcinoma in children under age 15 in the years between 1975 and 1995.
A type of malignant kidney tumor that occurs only in adults; also known as hypernephroma. Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of cancer of the kidney and forms on the edge of the kidneys. A history of smoking increases the risk substantially.
Painful, intermittent, and severe spasms on one side of the back usually caused by one or more kidney stones.
A malignant tumor that arises from the proximal tubular cells of the kidney. In 2008 the American Cancer Society estimated there would be about 56,700 new patients diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and about 13,700 deaths from it.