ONCOLOGY

Pathologic Considerations

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Benign tumors  Papillary adenoma  Renal oncocytoma  Metanephric adenoma  Metanephric adenofibroma Malignant tumors  Clear cell renal cell carcinoma  Multilocular clear cell renal cell neoplasm of low malignant potential  Papillary renal cell…

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Hereditary Kidney Cancer Syndromes

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Features suggestive of hereditary RCC Family history of RCC or confirmed syndrome Bilaterality, multifocality, early age of onset Histology: non-clear cell with unusual features, e.g., papillary type II morphology with…

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The Metabolic Basis of Kidney Cancer

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Fig. 6.1 Kidney cancers are a diverse group of malignancies with distinct genetic and molecular alterations and disparate histologic features (Permission granted from Elsevier) (Linehan et al.) Fig. 6.2 The…

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