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Mr Walter Cazzaniga
The Royal Marsden
What causes kidney cancer?
Mr Walter Cazzaniga explains what causes kidney cancer, focusing on genetic mutations within kidney cells and recognised risk factors. He discusses high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity and smoking, and in this video encourages risk reduction to support kidney health and cancer prevention.
Transcript
Kidney cancer is caused by genetic mutation within kidney cells that cause the cells to replicate abnormally.
There are some risk factors for kidney cancer, which are high blood pressure, kidney malfunction, chronic kidney disease, obesity and smoking.
These increase the chances of developing kidney cancer, but they're not direct cause of the kidney cancer itself.
So we always tell patients to stop all these risk factors in order to reduce their risk.