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Kidney Cancer Learning Center
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No known cause
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Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. It occurs most often in men ages 50 - 70.
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The causes of kidney cancer are unknown, but there are many risk factors associated with kidney cancer. The risk factors listed from greatest to smallest include: von Hippel-Lindau disease (> 100) An extracted cancerous kidney. ( Photo by Rober...
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The causes of kidney cancer are unknown, but men seem to have twice the risk of contracting the disease. There is a strong association between cigarette smoking and kidney cancer. Cigarette smokers are twice as likely as non-smokers to develop kid...
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