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40% Smoking increases the risk of renal cell carcinoma. What and who is affected? Kidney cancer ranks third in frequency of urologic tumors, accounting for 3 percent of all tumors in the body. Maximum frequency appears between the fifth and seventh decades of life, but can occur at any age. Regarding sex, it is more common [...]

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New chemotherapy protocols have succeeded in increasing disease-free survival in patients with metastatic kidney cancer, according to pioneering research conducted by researchers at Oncology Service, Hospital del Mar in Barcelona and the Cancer Program of the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM ), collected in The Lancet Oncology. The team, led by the chief of genitourinary [...]

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What is the urinary tract? The urinary tract are the organs that collect and store urine and release it from your body.These organs are the kidneys, which remove waste fluids from the blood as urine, maintain the balance of salts and other substances in the blood, and produce a hormone that helps form red blood [...]

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Solid mass made up of tiny crystals. You can have one or more calculations at the sametime in the kidney or ureter. Kidney stones are common. Some types are inherited and often occur in premature infants. There are different types of kidney stones and its exact cause depends on the type. The stones may form when the urine contains too much of [...]

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WHAT IS IT? The urine infection is caused by the invasion of microorganisms in the urinary tract. May occur in two different ways: on the lower end of the urinary tract (opening at the tip of the penis or urethra, depending on whether a man or a woman), which is the most frequent case, or through blood [...]

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In general, symptoms of kidney failure are the result of a slow accumulation of wastes in the blood and the progressive failure of the regulatory functions of the kidneys. The excess fluid accumulates in the body because of kidney failure does not produce enough urine. This can lead to a condition known as edema. This excess fluid [...]

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Is the slow loss of kidney function over time. The main function of these organs is to eliminate waste and excess body water. CausasLa chronic kidney disease (CKD) worsens slowly over time. In the initial stages, it may not have any symptoms. The loss of function usually takes months or years to occur and may [...]

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What is kidney stones or kidney stones? Nephrolithiasis is a disease characterized by the appearance of calculations (solid formed by the aggregation of minerals) in the upper urinary tract (kidney and ureter). Kidney stones are formed within the kidney from substances in the urine. You can stay in the kidney or break loose and move [...]

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For many people, fatigue simply means tired. But most cancer patients will tell you that your feelings of tiredness, fatigue or exhaustion is a much bigger problem that is not relieved simply after a good sleep at night. In fact, the cancer-related fatigue has been currently rated as a diagnostic category in a reference book [...]

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On this page: When should I call the doctor? What do the kidneys? What is a kidney stone? Are all types of stones? What is the appearance of kidney stones? What can my doctor if I have a problem stone? How will my doctor find out what kind of stone I have? Why do I [...]

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