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Kidney Cancer Symptoms
What Is It?
The kidneys are two bean-shaped, fist-sized, organs below the rib cage in the back, to the right and left of the spine. They serve as the body's filters to clean the blood of waste products, excess water and salt. They also produce a hormone called renin, which monitors blood pressure, and a hormone called erythropoietin, which regulates the production of red blood cells.
Kidney cancer is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal kidney cells that invade and destroy the normal kidney...
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Prostate Cancer Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Esophageal Cancer
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
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Bladder Cancer
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Bladder cancer is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the bladder, the balloon like organ that stores urine. Bladder cancer... Read more »
End-stage kidney disease
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Renal failure - end stage; Kidney failure - end stage; ESRDSymptomsSymptoms may include:General ill feeling and fatigueGeneralized itching (pruritus)... Read more »
Kidney Stones
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Kidney stones are abnormal, hard, chemical deposits that form inside the kidneys. This condition also is called nephrolithiasis or... Read more »
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