Kidney Cancer :
Kidney cancer, also called renal cancer, develops when kidney cells grow out of control and become malignant, leading to the formation of a tumor. Factors that increase the risk of kidney cancer are smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, family history, people who have been treated with radiation of cancer for their reproductive organs, a mutation in the genes, long-term dialysis, tuberous sclerosis complex, and inherited disorder like von Hippel Lindau disease. Signs of kidney cancer are hematuria, a lump in the kidney, flank pain, tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss, low-grade fever, bone pain, high blood pressure, anemia, and high calcium. Types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma, transitional cell cancer, renal sarcoma, and Wilms tumor. Diagnosis is made by urinalysis, blood tests, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, and renal mass biopsy. Treatment plans include radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, and surgeries like partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy.