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In the early stages, kidney cancer shows no signs or symptoms. As the cancer advances, common symptoms of kidney cancer include:
Kidney cancers are usually found by chance during a routine physical examination or screening procedure. However, if you have one or more symptoms of kidney cancer, you should get it checked out by your doctor immediately. Though there are no routine laboratory tests that help diagnose this cancer, some diagnostic tests that your doctor or urologist (a urinary system specialist) may recommend are:
Symptoms and diagnostic tests guide your doctor and healthcare team about how to treat kidney cancer.
If you have been diagnosed with kidney cancer, your doctor and healthcare team will discuss your treatment plan with you. Kidney cancer treatment options can be broadly classified as Localised and Systemic treatments. Localised treatments effectively treat early-stage kidney cancers that have not spread outside the organ. These include surgery, ablation and local therapy and radiation therapy.
In stage 3 or stage 4 kidney cancer (advanced stages), systemic treatments like chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy may be the treatment of choice. Sometimes, treatments may be given as combination therapy depending upon the cancer stage, spread, age and overall health of the patient.