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Pathology of Renal Cancer

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Most of renal tumors occur in adults; however they could also be seen in children but with less frequency. The same applies to renal tumors in children can also occur in adults but are less common.

In this chapter we are mainly concentrating on renal tumors in adults. The classification of renal tumors will be discussed, dividing them into benign and malignant.

The majority of these tumors are carcinomas; however there are different histological types with different prognostic outcome. Therefore the different histological types of these cancers will be addressed especially in relation to their biological behavior.

Benign tumors including oncocytoma, adenomas and angiomyolipomas will also be addressed. The importance of these tumors will be discussed especially in relation to how to differentiate them from malignant lesions, from both the radiological and pathological points of view.

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  1. Department of Morbid Anatomy, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

    Abigail Lee

  2. Department of Histopathology, King Howard University, Busaiteen, Bahrain

    Sohail Ibrahim Baithun MB, FRCP

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  1. Department of Urology, Homerton University Hospital & Formerly St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Vinod H. Nargund

  2. Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Derek Raghavan

  3. Radiation Oncology, Cedars Sinai Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Howard M. Sandler

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Lee, A., Baithun, S.I. (2015). Pathology of Renal Cancer. In: Nargund, V., Raghavan, D., Sandler, H. (eds) Urological Oncology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-482-1_19

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