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Mayo Clinic offers comprehensive, compassionate care to patients who have kidney cancer. Mayo specialists helped develop kidney-sparing surgery, which can prevent the loss of an entire kidney. They also lead in performing radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation and use other innovative treatment methods. Kidney cancer patients have access to the resources of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, which the National Cancer Institute has designated a comprehensive cancer center in recognition of its superior breadth and depth of capabilities.
Mayo Clinic physicians who suspect that a patient has kidney tumors use a wide range of diagnostic tools. They may use imaging devices, biopsies, blood and urine tests, and other diagnostic methods to confirm the presence and stage of kidney cancer. Read more about kidney cancer diagnosis.
Surgery is the typical treatment for kidney cancer. Depending upon the patient's condition at the time of diagnosis, Mayo Clinic physicians may use radiation and other treatments in addition to surgery. Patients with metastatic kidney cancer receive compassionate, effective treatment from Mayo's multispecialty care team. Read more about kidney cancer treatment options.
Two bean-shaped kidneys (one on each side of the lower back) work to cleanse the blood, help control blood pressure, and regulate the production of red blood cells. Renal cell cancer is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults. U.S. specialists diagnose about 35,000 new cases each year. Surgery is the recommended treatment for localized renal cell cancer. For patients who cannot undergo surgery, image-guided ablation may be an option. In adults, renal cell carcinoma (renal adenocarcinoma or hypernephroma) begins in the cells that line small tubes (tubules) in the kidneys. Children may develop a kidney cancer called Wilms' tumor.
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