Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Established risk factors Risk factors that need further study Cigarette smoking Dietary factors:  Fruit and vegetables  Alcohol Obesity Reproductive factors and other hormones:  Oral contraceptive pills  Parity Hypertension Occupational exposures:…

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Biomarkers for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Biomarkers for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Fig 4.1 Biomarker-relevant biologic pathways in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In VHL-/- tumor cells, the absence of pVHL results in the accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-α). HIF accumulation could…

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Genetic Heterogeneity of Kidney Cancer

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Genetic Heterogeneity of Kidney Cancer

© Springer International Publishing 2015Primo N. Lara and Eric Jonasch (eds.)Kidney Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-17903-2_5 5. Genetic Heterogeneity of Kidney Cancer David Sun1  , Eric Jonasch3 and Primo N. LaraJr.2 (1) Deapartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Davis Comprehensive…

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