Cancer of the kidney is among the 10 most common cancers in men and women (the seventh most common cancer in men and the ninth most common in women). In general, the lifetime risk for developing kidney cancer in men is higher than women. Statistics show that the risk in men is about 1 in 48 and for women is 1 in 83. The average age of people when they are diagnosed is 60. Kidney cancer is also difficult to detect in its early stages. In fact, before the disease has grown significantly or spread, kidney cancer is most commonly caught while they are being treated for an unrelated rea

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