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Image-Guided Ablation of Renal Tumours

Image-Guided Ablation of Renal Tumours - Causes and Risk Factors

While the exact cause of renal cell carcinoma is unknown, there are known risk factors that may increase your chance of developing cancer:
  • Old age and male gender
  • Hereditary conditions such as von Hippel-Lindau disease and hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma
  • Underlying horseshoe kidneys, polycystic kidney disease
  • Family history of renal cancer
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
  • High blood pressure
  • Advanced kidney disease
  • Occupational exposure to certain substances such as cadmium (a type of metal), some herbicides and organic solvents 

Image-Guided Ablation of Renal Tumours - Other Information

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