Kidney cancer- cancer types, location

Kidney cancer types

In addition to renal cell carcinoma and renal pelvis carcinoma, other, less common types of kidney cancer include:

- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Juxtaglomerular cell tumor (reninoma)
- Angiomyolipoma
- Renal oncocytoma
- Bellini duct carcinoma
- Clear-cell sarcoma of the kidney
- Mesoblastic nephroma
- Wilms' tumor, usually is reported in children under the age of 5.
- Mixed epithelial stromal tumor

Rarely, some other types of cancer and potentially cancerous tumors that more usually originate elsewhere can originate in the kidneys. These include:

- Clear cell adenocarcinoma
- Transitional cell carcinoma
- Inverted papilloma
- Renal lymphoma
- Teratoma
- Carcinosarcoma
- Carcinoid tumor of the renal pelvis
Cancer in the kidney may also be secondary, the result of metastasis from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body.

Location within the kidney

Kidney cancer originate in the kidney in two principal locations:
the renal tubule and the renal pelvis.
Most cancers in the renal tubule are renal cell carcinoma and clear cell adenocarcinoma.
Most cancers in the renal pelvis are transitional cell carcinoma.