Renal Cancer Symptoms

Renal cancer is a type of kidney cancer where cancerous cells are found in tubule linings of the kidney. Sometimes both kidneys can be affected. The cancer can quickly spread to the lungs and other organs. The only cure is to surgically remove the cancer. Renal cancer has many symptoms.

Urination of Blood

• Between 40 and 50 percent of renal cancer patients will experience blood in their urine.

Abdominal Pain with or without a Hard Mass Developing

• A constant pain may be felt on the side of the abdominal wall. Also, about 45 percent of people who have renal cancer will develop a large growth or an area of hard mass in the abdominal cavity that keeps growing.

Unexplainable Weight Loss

• An unexplained weight loss of more than 5 percent of total body weight is a symptom in approximately 28 percent of renal cancer patients.

Fever

• Fever only occurs in about 9 percent of renal cancer patients.

Abnormal Urine Color

• If urine is a dark, brown or rusty color, it may be a symptom of renal cancer.