Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer: cancer that forms in tissues of the kidneys. Kidney cancer includes
renal cell carcinoma (cancer that forms in the lining of very small
tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products)
and renal pelvis carcinoma (cancer that forms in the center of the
kidney where urine collects). It also includes Wilms' tumor, which is a
type of kidney cancer that usually develops in children under the age
of 5.