Also called nephroblastoma, Wilms’ tumor is a rare type of kidney cancer that causes a tumor to develop on either one or both kidneys. The condition is named after Carl Max Wilhelm Wilms, a German doctor who was one of the first to study this disease in 1899.
Wilms’ tumor is the most common childhood cancer of the kidney. Also called nephroblastoma or renal embryoma, Wilms’ tumor accounts for 95 percent of pediatric renal cancers occurring before age 15, mostly between the ages of three and eight. Treatment methods for the …

There are several types of kidney cancer.
Renal cell cancer (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer (about 90%) and affects the area of the kidney called the renal parenchyma or hypernephroma. In renal cell cancer the cancerous cells are found in the lining of the tubules (the smallest tubes inside the nephrons that help filter the blood and make urine). There are a number of different types of RCC, depending on the type of cell affected. There are four main types of renal cell carcinoma that are identified by …

 The least common form of kidney and pelvis cancer is transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), also called renal urothelial carcinoma (UC). This type of cancer accounts for roughly 7 percent of all kidney cancers.
 
In cases of TCC in which the cancer has not spread beyond the renal pelvis (the center of the kidney) or ureter, cure rates are about 90 percent. However, once the cancer has spread past that area, cure rates plummet to 10 to 15 percent.
Causes and Risk Factors for TCC
Transitional cells join together different structures. Transitional cell carcinoma forms …

The main physiological functions and indicators of the kidneys are: (1) storing essence, controlling human reproduction, growth and development; (2) controlling water metabolism; (3) receiving qi; (4) producing marrow, filling up the brain, controlling the bones, manufacturing blood and influencing hair luster; (5) opening into the ear, perineal ante-tract and perineal post-tract; (6) connects with the urinary bladder to which it is connected from the exterior and the interior.
Storing Essence, Controlling Human Reproduction Growth and Development
Essence is defined as the basic substance both constituting the human body and maintaining its …

On July 23, a lengthy FBI probe into corruption in New Jersey ended in the arrests of 44 people, including two mayors, a prominent real-estate developer and several rabbis. But amid the bribery and money-laundering allegations, the element of the sweeping sting that grabbed the most attention was the accusation that Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, a New York City resident, had tried to orchestrate the sale of a human kidney for $160,000. The black-market kidney trade is a growing problem — the World Health Organization estimates that organ-trafficking accounts for 5% …

Even in these difficult times, wealth will still get you far better service than the average person. Would you do anything different if you were faced with life and death and were really rich? Money is there to be used, after all.
This is how someone with a terminal illness spent $250,000 to add years to his life.
Mr. Joseph, a senior executive at a large company learned that he had terminal Stage 4 kidney cancer. Mr. Joseph was not famous but he was wealthy. He took bold action and contacted consultants …

According to reseachers at Duke, a combination of two drugs works better than either drug for patients with renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer. This study was published in the August 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and was funded by the National Cancer Institute.
The two drugs used in the study together were interferon alpha and sorafenib, which is sold as Nexavar. Interferon alpha is an immunotherapy agent, but kidney tumors only respond to it about 5 to 10 percent of the time. The …

People who has been a diagnosed cancer should receive specialized nutritional advice from doctor or a trained professional. Once treatment has been completed, if you are able to do so (and unless otherwise advised), aim to follow our cancer prevention recommendations for diet, physical activity and healthy weight maintenance.
Cancer survivors are people who are living with a diagnosis of cancer, including those who have went through surgeries or other treatments and who have recovered from the disease.
Researches show that physical activity(at least 30 mins every day) and other measures that …