Kidney cancer is one of the most common cancers. It mainly affects people between the ages of 60 and 70. Prompt diagnosis allows optimal treatment of this cancer.

Kidney cancer is one of the most common cancers.

Adults between the ages of 60 and 70 are usually the most affected by this type of cancer. The prevalence (number of people affected by a given disease) is low in individuals aged less than 50 years.

Cancer can be treated if it is taken care of quickly. However, if the diagnosis is late, and the cancer has spread beyond the renal system, cancer treatment becomes more difficult.

The hyperphrome

It is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults (80% of kidney cancers). This type of kidney cancer results in the development of cancer cells in the renal tubules (small channels located inside the nephrons and used to filter the blood and make urine).

Transitional cell carcinoma

It accounts for nearly 8% of kidney cancer cases. This is a development of cancer cells in the pelvis (central part of the kidney, where urine is collected before it enters the ureter, then in the bladder).

Wilms tumor

This tumor is the form of kidney cancer particularly affecting young individuals and children.

The exact cause of kidney cancer is still unknown. However, risk factors have been identified. Among these :

• obesity
• tobacco consumption
• high blood pressure
• a family history of kidney cancer
• genetic factors, such as Von Hippel-Lindau disease for example
• treatment of kidney failure with dialysis.

The people most affected by kidney cancer are adults between the ages of 60 and 70.

Individuals under the age of 50 are generally little impacted by this carcinogenic risk. However, the risk cannot be ruled out in its entirety.

The prevention of kidney cancer essentially involves a healthy lifestyle: a healthy diet to limit the risk of overweight and obesity, exclude tobacco consumption, as well as maintaining blood pressure.

In many cases of kidney cancer, the patient has no symptoms. It is then during a medical examination, for another reason, that the diagnosis is established.

However, if symptoms do appear, they often resemble:

• blood in the urine
• persistent pain in the lower back
• the appearance of nodules / swelling on one of the two sides of the back.
• chronic fatigue
• loss of appetite, and weight loss
• persistent high blood pressure
• a febrile state (> 38 ° C)
• night sweats
• swelling in the veins of the testes in men
• coughing up blood.

Some of these clinical signs may appear after the cancer is very advanced, or even after it has spread to other parts of the body.

Risk factors associated with developing binge eating disorder include:

• a depressive state
• a tendency to anxiety
• behavioral problems
• substance use (tobacco, drugs, etc.)
• psychic and psychological disturbances
• emotional sensitivity

Treatment for kidney cancer depends on the stage of its development. Through medical examinations, the doctor can determine the stage of the disease:

• stage T (tumor): between level 1 and 4, depends on the size of the tumor
• stage N (nodule): defined by a level between 0 and 2, depends on the extent of the cancer in the lymphatic glands
• stage M (metastases): defined between 0 and 1, depends on the extent of the cancer to other parts of the body.

From the diagnosis and identification of the stage of development of kidney cancer, the treatments applied result in:

• surgery to remove all or part of the affected kidney
• cold or heat removal of cancer cells
• biological therapies, in the form of drugs given to limit the spread of cancer cells and the growth of the tumor
• radiation therapy, which is high-energy radiation targeting cancer cells and limiting symptoms.

If the cancer is stage T or N, or it has not spread to other parts of the body, it can be taken care of and treated. However, full cancer treatment is not possible if it has spread throughout the body. Only the slowing of the spread and the alleviation of symptoms can be taken care of.