Kidneys
Kidney Cancer
Quick Facts
Vocabulary
100

What are the kidneys trying to remove from your body?

What is waste?

100

This color represents Kidney Cancer Awareness Month.

What is the color orange?

100

The average age of kidney cancer diagnosis is around this number.

What is 65?

100

This term refers to a mass of abnormal cells.

What is a tumor?

200

How large are your kidneys?

What is the size of your fist?

200

Kidney cancer occurs when these grow out of control.

What are cells?
200

What is the number of people living with kidney cancer?

What is 676,631?

200

This process describes cancer spreading to other parts of the body.

What is metastasis?

300

What are the kidneys trying to remove from your body?

What is excess water and salt?

300

Another name for kidney cancer is this.

What is renal cancer?

300

Estimated new cases of kidney/renal pelvis cancer in the US in 2026

What is 80,450?

300

This term refers to inherited conditions that may increase cancer risk.

What are genetic conditions?

400

Kidneys are the closest to what other part of your body?

What are the adrenal glands?

400

How many stages of kidney cancer are there?

What is 4?

400

Estimated deaths from kidney/renal pelvis cancer in the US in 2026

What is 15,160?

400

This therapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer.

What is immunotherapy?

500

Kidneys help regulate this vital sign that measures force of blood flow.

What is blood pressure?

500

About 9 out of 10 kidney cancers are this type.

What is renal cancer carcinoma (RCC)?

500

What is the 5-year Relative Survival Rate for all kidney cancer stages? (percentage)

What is 78.6%

500

What is a genetic condition that is correlated to an increased risk of kidney cancer?

What is Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease?

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