Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the kidneys. The risk factors of developing kidney cancer are smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, family history of kidney cancer, and exposure to certain harmful chemicals throughout an individual lifetime.

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At Phoebe Cancer Center, our treatment program is Commission on Cancer certified and uses a multi-disciplinary team approach to customized cancer care. If you are diagnosed with any head or neck cancer, your Phoebe Cancer team will work with you to develop a custom treatment plan, helping build goals, set expectations, and explain any potential side effects of available treatments.

 

Types of Kidney Cancers We Treat:

  • Renal cell carcinoma (RCC): The most common type, accounting for about 85% of cases. In RCC, cancerous cells develop in the lining of the kidney tubules and grow into a mass called a tumor.
  • Transitional cell carcinoma: Arises in the lining of the kidney pelvis and ureter.

Treatment

Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer, type of cancer, and overall health of the patient. Options may include surgery to remove the affected kidney (nephrectomy), chemotherapy, radiation, and/or targeted therapy.

Our Team Approach

At Phoebe Cancer Center, we embrace a full team approach to cancer care, which means providing a highly collaborative effort to deliver comprehensive cancer care to our cancer patients. This multidisciplinary team approach engages a range of providers across our care community, to ensure we look at every angle for each patients’ unique case.

For more information, please call:
229-312-7124

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Cancer Support Group

At times, we just need to be with a group of people who truly understand the concerns and celebrations we face on our cancer journey.

Our Survivorship Support Group generally meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at noon.

Please call 229-312-1000 to confirm this month’s schedule or to get more information about our cancer support groups.