We are continuing to see an increase in the incidence of kidney cancer in younger patients over time. Maintaining kidney health involves basic lifestyle choices: avoiding obesity, not smoking, and ...

A father-of-three was celebrating his 40th birthday at a restaurant with his wife and friends when he was told his persistent back pain might be kidney cancer. Paul Souter, now aged 43, had tried ...

Incidental detection has increased with ubiquitous CT/MRI, inflating early-stage ‘small renal mass’ diagnoses and complicating interpretation of a ~5% rise in <50-year incidence. Obesity, hypertension ...

Various conditions can cause pain in the abdomen and back. These include menstrual pain, endometriosis, kidney stones, and pancreatitis. More serious causes include a kidney infection or appendicitis.

Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...