Introduction

There are more than 28,000 patients diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer) and 11,000 associated deaths in the United States annually.  Every patient and their loved ones will have questions about the disease and its treatment after their diagnosis.  This booklet will discuss the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of renal cell carcinoma.  It also has some information to help patients and their family members to cope with kidney cancer.

Our knowledge about kidney cancer keeps increasing.  Although we try to cover as much as possible in this booklet, the content of this booklet is still very limited.  Readers are encouraged to discuss the disease with their physicians and participate in clinical trials for renal cell cancer.   

Medical terms that may be new to our readers appear in italics. Definitions of these and other terms related to kidney cancer can be found in the Glossary. For some words, a "sounds-like" spelling is also given.

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