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Renal cell carcinoma is another name for kidney cancer, a cancer that originates in the kidneys. The exact cause is unknown, but smoking and certain kidney diseases and hereditary syndromes are risk factors. Many times there are no symptoms and the tumor is found on a x-ray test performed for another reason. Sometimes patients have blood in the urine or back or side pain.
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Most kidney cancers are diagnosed when they are surgically removed. Sometimes the whole kidney is removed and sometimes only part of the kidney. Sometimes surgery is the only treatment needed; otherwise chemotherapy, immunotherapies and targeted drug therapies are recommended by the treating medical oncologist.
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Robin Schoenthaler, MD (Oncology)
Board certified radiation oncologist with over 30 years experience treating cancer patients. Senior physician advisor for expert medical options in adult oncology. Published award-winning essayist on medical and health issues and more.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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