Kidney cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in the world. However, recent advances in diagnosis, surgical procedures, and treatment options allow most kidney cancer patients to live with the disease and maintain their normal schedules and lifestyles. This article reviews the diagnosis, staging and 5-year survival rates in patients with kidney cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, there is a 1.6 percent chance that a person will be diagnosed with kidney cancer during their lifetime.
Although the average age for a diagnosis of kidney cancer is 64 years and the disease is quite uncommon in people under 45, the number of cases diagnosed in pediatric patients are increasing. However, the recently approved drugs such as axitinib, pazopanib can treat kidney cancer at advanced stages and appear to be promising for treatment. Diagnosis Kidney cancer is diagnosed using…
