Kidney cancer is the in the UK. On average, are diagnosed each year.
Among the key challenges of diagnosing is that often there may be no obvious symptoms and therefore it could be detected when testing for other conditions, such as a urinary tract infection (UTI). It’s helpful to always have this cancer in the back of your mind as a consideration when you’re speaking to patients.
In practice, this means many cases are not diagnosed until they're well advanced. Kidney Cancer UK is urging better awareness of risk factors and early symptoms, enabling health care professionals to refer patients for further investigations in a more timely way.
What are the main symptoms?
When there are symptoms, the NHS says these may include:
- blood in urine
- a lump or swelling in someone’s back, under their ribs or in their neck
- pain between ribs and waist that