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Kidney Cancer : Causes

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Causes could include:
Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. It occurs most often in men ages 50-70.Dialysis treatment Family history of the disease Genetics Smoking Von Hippel-Lindau disease(a hereditary disease that affects the capil...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 12, 2009
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:.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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