There are several types of KIDNEY cancers and several types of kidney cancer cells. What kind do yo

Devastated Wife · April 2018

There are several types of kidney cancer:

Renal cell carcinoma
Urothelial carcinoma (also called transitional cell carcinoma) <---- what my husband had
Sarcoma
Wilms tumor
Lymphoma

Types of kidney cancer cells:

Clear cell
Papillary <---- what my husband had
Sarcomatoid features
Angiomyolipoma
Medullary/collecting duct
Chromophobe
Oncocytoma

source: https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/kidney-cancer/introduction

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What is/was yours?

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Anyone else out there with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) also called urothelial carcinoma (UCC) in the kidney?

It's the 2nd most common type of kidney cancer. This type of cancer can happen in the bladder, ureter, urethra or kidney. It's the most common type of bladder cancer.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_cell_carcinoma

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Devastated Wife · April 2018

Here's some more info:

http://urology.ucla.edu/types-of-kidney-cancer

icemantoo · April 2018

Boring

I had by far the most common. RCC Clear Cell

icemantoo

Tapman63 · April 2018

Clear Cell RCC

3.4 x 3.3 cm. I was lucky and it was caught early.

Jim

rhominator · April 2018

mRCC

Clear Cell mRCC (metastasized)

JoeyZ · April 2018

Papillary Non-Clear Cell

Papillary Non-Clear Cell metastatic Renal Cell carcinoma, Type II. (Spread to lymph nodes & possibly liver.)

12 cm.

I was so happy to get that mess out of me 6.5 weeks ago! I got the rare type, most aggressive type, they told me.

But maybe they got it all. Had a huge thrombus that should've actually done me in, but I got lucky!!

They didn't catch this early. I had no symptoms until it became a monster. That part is scary!

I have 16 1/2" of cuts, an upside down Y. Can't wait for that to heal. Coming along nicely. I'm just getting impatient.

Trying to behave and take my 60 mg Cabometyx every day.

Wishing you all well.

Steph85 · April 2018

I got lucky

I had clear cell RCC. My surgeon's PA said I had the best type. Lucky me I guess haha!

Stephanie

Hoss79 · April 2018

I had clear cell RCC.
I had clear cell RCC.

stub1969 · April 2018

I'm a Chomie

I'm one of the odd ones with chromophobe RCC

Stub

APny · April 2018

RCC, clear cell for me also.

RCC, clear cell for me also.

klj15 · April 2018

Chromophobe RCC for me too

Chromophobe RCC for me too

daisybud · April 2018

Clear cell

Rcc

kidneystoneblessing · April 2018

Predominantly clear cell translocation type

Mine was a hybrid clear cell papillary, but had a TFE3 fusion deeming it translocation type. Stage 3 with focal fat invasion 4x3.5x3cm tumor. Lymph nodes clean.