Your kidneys are located behind your stomach, in your lower back just below your ribs; kidney cancer is a type of cancer that affects your kidneys. Each individual person has two kidneys that are about the size of a fist. Your kidneys are very strong important organs and you can live without one kidney, but if you lose them both that is not the case. Your kidneys are part of your urinary system and play an important role in the process of waste removal in your body.

Your kidneys are also a part of the process of the production of red blood cells and in turn work to control blood pressure. Each individual kidney is a special package that contains many small filtering units that go by the name of “nephrons”. Kidney transplants are a common surgery these days, as it is possible for a person to donate one of their kidneys and live the rest of their life, only using the one remaining kidney. Your kidney can develop cancer just like any other organ in your body.

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Kidney cancer very rarely shows any symptoms, in its early stages, so unless a doctor or a urinalysis test detects it, the chances of you noticing anything out of the ordinary relating to cancer are slim to none. Adults and children tend to develop two different types of kidney cancer. Renal Adenocaecinoma is the type of kidney cancer that is found in most adults and Wilm’s Tumor is the type of kidney cancer that is found in most children.

Kidney cancer in its later stages, which is normally when it starts to show physical symptoms, will tend to show the following symptoms that are described. The first symptom you may notice is blood in your urine. However, it is possible to have blood in your urine that is in such a small amount that you can’t even notice it by using the necked eye. However, a doctor can detect the smallest amount of blood by testing the urine for blood. Kidney cancer can also show a symptom of losing weight.

Some people think of weight loss as a blessing, especially weight loss that has occurred with no effort. However, sudden weight loss is a symptom of many types of diseases and cancer. So, unless you have made an effort to lose the weight that you have lost, it is a wise thought to view accounted for weight loss, particularly a large amount of weight loss that has occurred just out of the blue, with at least some measure of concern. Another symptom of kidney cancer is back pain that just doesn’t seem to ever go away.

A key to a full recovery, like with so many other types of cancers is early detection. Kidney cancer as with other cancers can travel to other parts of the body if it is left undetected for a long period of time. When a cancer spreads to another part of the body it is said that it has then metastasize. However, if it is detected early, the chances of making a full recovery are very good. There are many treatments for kidney cancer, and what stage the cancer is in plays as a major determining factor in what type of treatments is used to attack the cancer.

Kidney surgery for a kidney cancer in the past as involved the removal of the entire kidney. However, in recent years there has been a change of procedure. It has been determined that by only removing the tumor and leaving the kidney in place, when and if it is possible, that the patient faced a lesser chance of failure and had an increased quality of life after the treatment.

Arterial Embolization is another type of treatment for kidney cancer. In this procedure the vessel that supplies blood to the cancerous kidney is blocked. There are also other treatments such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy and immunotherapy which use your own body’s immune system to fight the cancer.