Treatment of tumors of the renal and ureteral pelvis consists in the conduct of surgical intervention, as well as the use of conservative techniques such as: chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The most frequent symptom of a tumor of the renal pelvis and ureter, which occurs with a frequency of 75% is hematuria. Also a manifestation of this disease are pain in the lumbar region.
Tumors of the pelvis of the kidney and ureter causes are still uncertain. Tobacco smoking is a risk factor that increases the risk of developing transitional-cellular cancers of the upper urinary tract 3 times. About 70% of the sick men and 40% of women are smokers.
The average age of the renal and ureteral tubules affected by the tumor is 65 years. The incidence increases with age, but tumors of the upper urinary tract are a rare autopsy finding.
In 60% of cases the cause of Wilms tumor is the result of somatic mutation, in the remaining 40% of cases - the result of hereditary-deterministic mutations.
Wilms tumor, or the so-called nephroblastoma, accounts for about 6% of all malignant tumors of childhood. It is named after the surgeon Max Wilms, who opened it.
