Diseases

Renal Cell Carcinoma

A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma.

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Abstract

A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma.

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Synonyms

46 entry terms
  • Adenocarcinoma Of Kidney
  • Adenocarcinoma, Renal
  • Adenocarcinoma, Renal Cell
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
  • Nephroid Carcinoma
  • Renal Carcinoma
  • Renal Cell Cancer
  • Adenocarcinoma Of Kidneys
  • Adenocarcinomas, Renal Cell
  • Cancer, Renal Cell
  • Carcinoma, Nephroid
  • Carcinoma, Renal
  • Carcinomas, Renal Cell
  • Kidney, Adenocarcinoma Of
  • Nephroid Carcinomas
  • Renal Adenocarcinoma
  • Renal Adenocarcinomas
  • Renal Carcinomas
  • Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma
  • Renal Cell Adenocarcinomas
  • Renal Cell Cancers
  • Renal Cell Carcinomas
  • Carcinoma, Hypernephroid
  • Chromophil Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma
  • Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Collecting Duct Carcinoma
  • Collecting Duct Carcinoma (Kidney)
  • Collecting Duct Carcinoma of the Kidney
  • Grawitz Tumor
  • Hypernephroma
  • Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Renal Collecting Duct Carcinoma
  • Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Collecting Duct
  • Carcinoma, Collecting Duct (Kidney)
  • Carcinomas, Collecting Duct
  • Carcinomas, Collecting Duct (Kidney)
  • Collecting Duct Carcinomas
  • Collecting Duct Carcinomas (Kidney)
  • Hypernephroid Carcinoma
  • Hypernephroid Carcinomas
  • Hypernephromas
  • Tumor, Grawitz

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39 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with KIDNEY NEOPLASMS (IM)

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History Note

85

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Previous Indexing

  • Adenocarcinoma (1966-1984)
  • Kidney Neoplasms (1966-1984)

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Tree Numbers

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NLM Classification

WJ 358

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Renal Cell Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002292. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002292
  2. Renal Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_cell_carcinoma
  3. Renal Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164529