City of Hope

City of Hope, a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kidney Cancer Treatment and Program at City of Hope, near Los Angeles.

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Kidney CancerDriven to provide patients with the best possible outcomes, City of Hope’s kidney cancer specialists bring together two powerful approaches – the latest Kidney Cancer surgery techniques and the most aggressive therapies – to aid in diagnosis and kidney cancer treatment.

Our extensive clinical trials program also provides kidney cancer patients the possibility of accessing investigational drugs and therapies not available elsewhere.

Kidney Cancer Risk Factors
Certain factors can increase your risk of developing kidney cancer:

  • Smoking tobacco
  • Obesity
  • High blood pressure
  • Long-term dialysis
  • Sedentary life style
  • Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
  • Workplace exposure to chemicals and substances
  • Males are more likely than females to be diagnosed with kidney cancer.
Kidney Cancer Treatment Options
Many innovative and advanced treatments are available for patients with kidney cancer.
Diagnosing Kidney Cancer
A variety of different tests and procedures may be used to detect and diagnose kidney tumors, as well as to determine their stage - specifically, how advanced the cancer is, and whether it has spread outside the kidney.
Kidney Cancer Symptoms
Possible signs of renal cell cancer include blood in the urine and a lump in the abdomen.
About Kidney Cancer
Renal cell cancer (also called kidney cancer or renal adenocarcinoma) is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the lining of tubules (very small tubes) in the kidney.

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 Become a Patient
City of Hope's compassionate staff helps patients along their path to treatment.To make an appointment for yourself, a family member or a friend, please complete and submit our Become a Patient Request Form, or call City of Hope at 800-826-HOPE (4673). Learn more >>

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1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
626-256-HOPE (4673)


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