Kidney Cancer Symptoms

More than fifty percent of all people diagnosed with kidney cancer will die from this disease, because the symptoms for kidney cancer do not typically show up until the cancer has spread. Older patients are at greater risk, with only one third of patients 70 years of age or older surviving for more than five years after diagnosis. Over the last thirty years, deaths attributed to kidney cancer have slowly increased.

Kidney cancer symptoms include:

The most obvious of the kidney cancer symptoms to recognize is blood in your urine.

Other kidney cancer symptoms may include weight loss and

Fatigue

Low back pain
A mass or lump in the abdomen
Fever that is not due to a cold or flu
Swelling of the ankles and legs
Kidney infection or kidney stones.
Another quite common symptom is pain in the lower back or a swelling in the kidney area.
Weight loss,
Anemia and
Sweating

If you notice any of these problems, talk with your doctor, as they could be caused by less serious conditions. Your doctor will run tests to determine whether or not they are related to kidney cancer.