What is renal cell cancer?

Renal cell cancer is malignancy (cancer) arising from cells of the kidney. Surgical removal of the cancer is the first line treatment for localized disease.

How do members experience renal cell cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with renal cell cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for renal cell cancer*

*Data from patients with renal cell cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with renal cell cancer*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Right partial nephrectomy)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
renal cell cancer (1)

*Data from patients with renal cell cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has renal cell cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 11
40s 38
50s 72
60s 128
70+ 98

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 178
Female 185