Kidney Cancer Symptoms

Early kidney cancer doesn’t reveal itself with symptoms.

“Most cases are small lesions picked up incidentally through an exam or imaging done for other reasons,” says Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD, Urologist and Assistant Professor, Departments of Urology and Immunology.

Most often, these signs do not mean cancer, however patients with the following symptoms should see a doctor for further examination:

  • Blood in the urine, even microscopic
  • Persistent pain in the side
  • A lump in the side of the abdomen
  • Weight loss
  • Fever
  • Feeling very tired or a general feeling of being unwell

Cancer Can't Win

More patients are being diagnosed with cancer every day.

Here at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, we must continue to do what we do best – to understand, prevent and cure cancer. Because if we don’t, cancer wins. And Cancer Can’t Win.

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