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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:26 pm



Other Types of Kidney Cancer


Transitional Cell Carcinoma

About 6% to 7% of kidney cancers begin not in the kidney itself, but in the renal pelvis, the point where the kidney joins the tube that carries urine form the kidney to the bladder (ureter). These tumors are called transitional cell carcinomas and are made up of cancer cells different from those that characterize RCC. Research indicates these tumors are caused by cigarette smoking.

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