Symptoms of Kidney Cancer

General information about symptoms of Kidney Cancer: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Kidney Cancer. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Kidney Cancer. Furthermore, symptoms of Kidney Cancer may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of Kidney Cancer.

List of symptoms of Kidney Cancer: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for Kidney Cancer includes:

No early symptoms
Blood in the urine - often intermittently
Kidney area lump
Abdominal swelling
No pain - there is not usually any kidney pain unless the tumor is very advanced
Less common symptoms:
Symptoms of renal cell carcinoma:
- Blood in urine
- Kidney pain
- Pain in lower back
- Abdominal swelling
- Fever
- Weight loss
Symptoms of transitional cell carcinoma:
See also symptoms of Wilms' tumor

Symptoms of Kidney Cancer: In its early stages, kidney cancer usually causes no obvious signs or troublesome symptoms. However, as a kidney tumor grows, symptoms may occur. These may include:

Blood in the urine. Blood may be present one day and not the next. In some cases, a person can actually see the blood, or traces of it may be found in urinalysis, a lab test often performed as part of a regular medical checkup.
A lump or mass in the kidney area.

Other less common symptoms may include:

Fatigue;
Loss of appetite;
Weight loss;
Recurrent fevers;
A pain in the side that doesn't go away; and/or
A general feeling of poor health.

High blood pressure or a lower than normal number of red cells in the blood (anemia) may also signal a kidney tumor; however, these symptoms occur less often.¹

More symptoms of Kidney Cancer: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Kidney Cancer, underlying causes of Kidney Cancer, associated conditions for Kidney Cancer, risk factors for Kidney Cancer, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from What You Need To Know About Kidney Cancer: NCI

Last revision: May 30, 2003

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