A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma.
Also Known As:
Grawitz Tumor; Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma; Hypernephroma; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Adenocarcinoma Of Kidney; Adenocarcinoma, Renal; Chromophil Renal Cell Carcinoma; Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma; Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma; Collecting Duct Carcinoma; Collecting Duct Carcinoma (Kidney); Collecting Duct Carcinoma of the Kidney; Nephroid Carcinoma; Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma; Renal Cell Cancer; Renal Cell Carcinoma, Papillary; Renal Collecting Duct Carcinoma; Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma; Adenocarcinoma Of Kidneys; Adenocarcinomas, Renal Cell; Cancer, Renal Cell; Carcinoma, Collecting Duct; Carcinoma, Collecting Duct (Kidney); Carcinoma, Nephroid; Carcinoma, Renal; Carcinomas, Collecting Duct; Carcinomas, Collecting Duct (Kidney); Carcinomas, Renal Cell; Collecting Duct Carcinomas; Collecting Duct Carcinomas (Kidney); Hypernephroid Carcinoma; Hypernephroid Carcinomas; Hypernephromas; Kidney, Adenocarcinoma Of; Nephroid Carcinomas; Renal Adenocarcinoma; Renal Adenocarcinomas; Renal Carcinomas; Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma; Renal Cell Adenocarcinomas; Renal Cell Cancers; Renal Cell Carcinomas; Tumor, Grawitz; Adenocarcinoma, Renal Cell; Carcinoma, Hypernephroid; Renal Carcinoma