Signs, diagnosis of kidney tumor and treatment process

Kidney cancer is a serious oncological disease that develops with uncontrolled multiplication of cells, provided that the body's immunity becomes unable to stabilize this process.

As a result, a new tissue proliferates, which depresses the primary healthy tissues and internal organs. Diagnosis of a kidney tumor is an important stage from which the whistle is the correctness of the selected treatment.

Reasons for tumor formation

The exact reasons why a kidney cancer is formed remain unknown, but some factors that increase the risk of oncology are revealed, namely:

• Smoking increases the risk of developing a tumor by half.
• Continuous exposure to chemicals also increases the risk of developing a malignant tumor.
• Polycystic kidney disease is a congenital or acquired pathology that causes the formation in the kidneys of a large number of vesicles filled with fluid.
• Overweight and obesity.
• High blood pressure.
• Continuous hemodialysis.
• Carrying out radiotherapy and chemotherapy for other organs.

Stages of tumor development

The severity of a pathology is determined after comparing infected and healthy cells. There are 4 stages of development:

• Tumor cells slightly differ from normal healthy cells of the kidney tissue. Cancer progresses slowly, favorable predictions persist.
• Moderately differentiated stage is the most common type of oncology. Patient and healthy cells differ significantly, but as before, the pathology progresses slowly and can be treated well.
• The tumor begins to grow outside the kidney and has an adverse effect on the nearby lymph nodes.
• Undifferentiated kidney cancer - damaged cells differ markedly from healthy cells and indicate an aggressive course of the disease. At this stage, oncology gives metastases to neighboring tissues and organs, as well as to distant lymph nodes. The treatment process is noticeably complicated or impossible.

Symptoms of development of the tumor

In the early stages, the oncology of the kidney can proceed without any manifestations, and the presence of tumorous neoplasm occurs by chance or by the detection of indirect manifestations. As the tumor grows and develops, the symptomatology becomes more pronounced and the main signs are as follows:

• presence of blood in the urine;
• is a tumor in the lumbar region, which is palpated on palpation;
• weight loss, weakness, reluctance to eat;
• worsening of general well-being;
• unexpected causeless increase in body temperature;
• increase in blood pressure;
• anemia;
• kidney pain.

Diagnosis of the presence of a tumor

For all patients with signs of hematuria, a urological examination is required. If, according to ultrasound examination, computed tomography and angiography, a tumor was detected in the kidneys of a malignant nature, then additional examinations are organized in special medical institutions that help to more accurately determine the prevalence of oncology.

Kidney tumor biopsy is a procedure in which a thin long needle takes a tumor sample for subsequent examination under a microscope. Histological examination and biopsy make it possible to establish a histological type of kidney oncology.

Treatment of a tumor

The process of treating kidney cancer is correlated with the histological type of cancer, it also depends on the stage of the disease, the age group of the person and the presence of additional pathologies.

For the treatment of kidney oncology the following methods are used:

• Operative treatment - the operation of removal of the affected organ is the most effective way of treating oncology at the first stages of development. If the size of the lesion is not more than 3 cm, then the doctor removes only part of the kidney with cancer cells.
• Embolization of the artery of the kidney - this way of treating oncology, helping to reduce the size of the tumor and prevent its further proliferation. During the procedure, the doctor inserts a thin tube into the vein of the leg, reaching the renal artery. A special substance is introduced into the lumen of the tube, which blocks the blood flow to the tumor. Due to blocking the supply of oxygen and other nutrient components, the tumor ceases to grow. Often embolization of the artery of the kidney is organized before the operation to remove the organ or becomes an independent method of treatment.
• Drug therapy for kidney cancer can be carried out according to several schemes: therapy with drugs that stimulate the work of immunity, hormone therapy and therapy with anti-cancer medicines. Drug treatment is often used in advanced stages of oncology or on condition that surgical intervention is not possible.
• Radiation irradiation of the tumor with X-rays or radiotherapy makes it possible to reduce the size of the tumor and significantly reduce the spread of cancer cells.