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Kidney Cancer Signs and Symptoms
Early kidney cancers usually do not cause any signs or symptoms, but larger ones might
Early kidney cancers usually do not cause any signs or symptoms, but larger ones might. Some possible signs and symptoms of kidney cancer include:
- Blood in the urine (hematuria)
- Low back pain on one side (not caused by injury)
- A mass (lump) on the side or lower back
- Fatigue (tiredness)
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss not caused by dieting
- Fever that is not caused by an infection and that doesn’t go away
- Anemia (low red blood cell counts)
These signs and symptoms can be caused by kidney cancer (or another type of cancer), but more often they are caused by other, benign, diseases. For example, blood in the urine is most often caused by a bladder or urinary tract infection or a kidney stone. Still, if you have any of these symptoms, see a doctor so that the cause can be found and treated, if needed.
Which Medication is used to treat kidney cancer?
There are different medicines are being used to treat kidney cancer depending on different kidney cancer. Axitinib is one of them which is used to treat Renal Cell Carcinoma, a common type of kidney cancer. You can check this out in our store.
What is the axitinib life expectancy?
In a study of mRCC patients treated with axitinib after first-line sunitinib failure, median OS was 15.5 months (95% CI 11-20 months). Patients who achieved disease control rate (DCR) with axitinib had a median OS of 20.1 months compared to 7.83 months for those without DCR.
