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Primary kidney cancer, also called renal cell cancer, refers to a malignant tumor that originates in the kidney. There are two main types of primary kidney tumors -- renal cortical tumors and transitional cell tumors.
Renal cortical tumors account for nearly 90 percent of all kidney tumors. Other tumors of the kidney, namely transitional cell tumors, can form in the kidneys as well as the ureters. These tumors develop from the same cell type that is found in the bladder, and thus transitional cell tumors are treated in a manner similar to that of bladder tumors. More information on the treatment of transitional cell cancers of the kidney and ureter can be found on our Web site in the section on bladder cancer.
Kidney cancer rarely strikes children and young adults; the exceptions are a pediatric kidney cancer called Wilms' tumor and some forms of hereditary kidney cancer syndromes, such as von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL).
In this section, you can find information about our expertise in treating patients with renal cell cancer, our services, and our research.
