If You Suspect Kidney Cancer, What Should You Do?
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What should you do if you suspect kidney cancer? Watch as Dr. Pavlos Msaouel shares kidney cancer symptoms that you should discuss with your doctor and explains a gene mutation that is common in clear cell kidney cancer.
Transcript
Interviewer:
Dr. Msaouel, are there prevalent genetic mutations in kidney cancer, and do they have the ability to guide treatment decisions?
Dr. Pavlos Msaouel:
Yes. For example, the most common kidney cancer, clear cell kidney cancer almost always has a mutation, a change in a gene called VHL, and we have drugs that we can use to target what this mutation actually does to cancer cells.
Interviewer:
All right, that's awesome. What should patients who suspect they have kidney care do?
Dr. Pavlos Msaouel:
Talk to your doctor. Blood in the urine, for example, is not normal, especially if you have actual blood clots coming out, that's not normal, your doctor needs to evaluate you, and often, you know blood in the urine or other symptoms can be due to reasons other than cancer, but play it safe, make sure, talk to your doctor and make sure that this is not something very serious like cancer.
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