Ans.: It is seen that Carctol® is not very effective in those patients who have ASCITES. But it is observed that it still works in 5% of cases which have ASCITIS involved. Read below for definition of ASCITES.
Ans.: Kidney cancer develops most often in people over 40, but no one knows the exact causes of this disease. Doctors can seldom explain why one person develops kidney cancer and another does not. However, it is clear that kidney cancer is not contagious. No one can "catch" the disease from another person.
Research has shown that people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop kidney cancer. A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease.
Studies have found the following risk factors for kidney cancer:Ans.: Common symptoms of kidney cancer include:
Ans.: Kidney Cancer does not normally run in families, so having one or more relatives with this type of cancer would not increase your risk. However, there are some rare inherited conditions which carry a very high risk of getting kidney and other cancers.
Ans.: There are about 190,000 newcases of kidney cancer each year around the world, which means it accounts for about one in fifty cancers. In the UK and USA it about the tenth most common type of cancer.
Ans.: The vast majority of kidney cancers are renal cell cancers. Most of the others are cancers of the renal pelvis. There are several types of renal cell cancers. Most are classed as clear cell or conventional. A smaller number fall into other types, which are called papillary, chromaphobe, collecting duct and unclassified renal cell cancers.