Best Doctors for Kidney Cancer Treatment in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Kidney cancer also called as renal cancer is a type of cancer affecting the kidneys. Symptoms include lump in the abdomen, pain in the lower back, weight loss, tiredness, persistent fever and fatigue. Kidney cancer is more often seen in males than in females and factors that increase the risk of cancer are genetics, family history, smoking, chronic kidney diseases, and exposure to certain chemicals etc. Investigations such as x-rays, blood tests, urine tests, CT, MRI, ultrasound along with biopsies are used to diagnose the cancer. Kidney cancer is staged based on the severity and treated appropriately with immunotherapy, radiation therapy, surgical ablation and surgery(nephrectomy) by removing either a part or complete kidney.