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Kidney cancer


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Causes of kidney cancer Q&As

5 items found in this section.

1. Is it true that taking painkillers can give you kidney cancer?

last reviewed: 24.10.2006

2. Can kidney cancer be inherited?

last reviewed: 20.11.2006

3. Can smoking cause kidney cancer?

last reviewed: 28.11.2006

4. Is there a link between sickle cell trait and kidney cancer?

last reviewed: 20.11.2006

5. What is von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome?

last reviewed: 18.04.2006

All Q&As are selected from some of the thousands asked by people contacting Cancerbackup every year. They are answered by specialists and reviewed and updated regularly.


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