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Another attack on the urinary system...
Not Another Kidney Stone
Kidney cancer has the 8th highest incidence rate in Canada, with the 12th highest mortality. The probability of dying from kidney cancer is less than 1% in both men and women. The 5-year (relative) survival is 68%1.
The Kid in Kidney
Renal tumours make up about 5% of children's cancers (age 0-14)2; the most common kidney tumour in young children is the Wilms' tumour, which develops from immature kidney cells3. It is usually found in children aged 2-4.
A Daffodil for kidney cancer awareness
Mom On The Run
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1 Cancer Research Society "Urinary System Cancer"http://www.crs-src.ca/page.aspx?pid=1329
2 Canadian Cancer Society’s Advisory Committee on Cancer Statistics. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2014. Toronto, ON: Canadian Cancer Society; 2014. Link to document: cancer.ca/statistics
3 The Canadian Cancer Society "What is Wilms' Tumour?" https://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/wilms-tumour/wilms-tumour/?region=nu
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