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My father had kidney cancer and eventually died from it. What sort of screening do I need?
I don’t have my father’s medical history, so I don’t know exactly what kind of cancer it was. However, my father had kidney cancer around age 40, had most of his kidney removed, was living on like a 1/3 of a kidney, and died around 60. I don’t know if having a parent who had kidney cancer increases my own risk of cancer or not, or if I’m supposed to be doing something to help protect my kidneys. I’m 30 years old.
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#2 written by Denisedds 2 years ago
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#3 written by Hoadly 2 years ago
You should have regular checkups with a doctor normaly, so your doctor will have a history of you. ( a family doctor ). “TRUST ME”.Having a medical history is very important, because it stops a lot of guessing when an emergency happens. Trust me, when the doctors are all standing arround you in the emergency room “guessing” because they have no history of you, IS NOT FUNNY. ( Ask your doctor about your kidney.)
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#4 written by ToBeLoved 2 years ago
I’m sorry to hear about your father. I lost my mother (age 52) to lung cancer a year ago, I’m 20. I’m definitely wary of the disease as you are with kidney cancer. Any cancer in the family increases your risks of getting cancer as well, and especially that type. Kidney cancer is also found twice as much in men as it is in women. Not sure which you are, so just throwing that out there. The American Cancer Society, whom I work with, has great information on every type of cancer and I urge you to look at their pages about it. Best of luck!
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Kidney cancer is not a condition that is inherited, it is caused ( like most cancers ) by environmental factors, so you need not be concerned in that regard.