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  2. List of cancer mortality rates in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cancer mortality rates are determined by the relationship of a population's health and lifestyle with their healthcare system. In the United States during 2013–2017, the age-adjusted mortality rate for all types of cancer was 189.5/100,000 for males, and 135.7/100,000 for females. [1] Below is an incomplete list of age-adjusted mortality ...

  3. Renal cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport primary urine. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 90–95% of cases. [ 1 ] It is more common in men (with a male-to-female ...

  4. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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    In the United States there has been an increase in the 5-year relative survival rate between people diagnosed with cancer in 1975-1977 (48.9%) and people diagnosed with cancer in 2007-2013 (69.2%); these figures coincide with a 20% decrease in cancer mortality from 1950 to 2014. [8] Due to innovation in emerging treatments and cancer prevention ...

  5. Nephrectomy - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM. 55.5. MeSH. D009392. OPS-301 code. 5-554. [edit on Wikidata] A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure.

  6. Kidney cancer - Wikipedia

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    175,000 [ 5 ] Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney. [ 4 ] Symptoms may include blood in the urine, a lump in the abdomen, or back pain. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Fever, weight loss, and tiredness may also occur. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Complications can include spread to the lungs or brain.

  7. New hope for kidney cancer treatment using existing drugs - AOL

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    November 23, 2022 at 11:00 AM. Researchers say a new study of kidney cancer offers hope for treating the disease using existing drugs. The study of the cancer at a single-cell level has discovered ...

  8. Donating a kidney is even safer now than thought, US ... - AOL

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    The NYU team analyzed U.S. records of more than 164,000 living kidney donations from 1993 through 2022 and found 36 post-surgical deaths. Most at risk were male donors and those with a history of ...

  9. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    From 1962 to 2022 there have been 157 recorded cases of the infection in United States, only 4 of those 157 individuals survived the disease. A combination of drugs have shown effectiveness in survivors. The rate drops significantly to >50% with treatment. The rate dropped significantly to 10% with effective treatments. Eradicated.