Abstract
Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 3% of all adult cancers and has many unusual features in its presentation, diagnosis, and management. It develops in a significant number of patients with acquired renal cystic disease, a disorder found almost exclusively in chronic hemodialysis patients. Abnormalities of chromosome 3 are frequently found in sporadic and familial forms. Radical nephrectomy remains the only potentially curative therapy for this tumor.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 249-259 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | American Journal of the Medical Sciences |
Volume | 302 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1991 |
Keywords
- Acquired renal cystic disease
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Renal cell carcinoma
- von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine