Renal cell carcinoma primary prevention
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Primary prevention strategies include early screening, changing lifestyle, decreasing exposure to occupational risk factors, and controlling of hypertension.
Primary prevention
Primary prevention
Although the etiology for the development of kidney cancer are not well understood, epidemic data shows the effective measures for the primary prevention of renal cell carcinoma include followings:[1][2]
- Early screening and treating genetic and hereditary diseases
- Changing lifestyle
- Smoking cessation
- Controlling weight
- Decreasing exposure to occupational risk factors including:
- Asbestos
- Cadmium
- Benzene
- Herbicides
- Organic solvents particularly trichloroethylene
- Early detection and control of hypertension
References
References
- ↑ Weikert S, Ljungberg B (June 2010). “Contemporary epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma: perspectives of primary prevention”. World J Urol. 28 (3): 247–52. doi:10.1007/s00345-010-0555-1. PMID 20390283.
- ↑ Tahbaz R, Schmid M, Merseburger AS (January 2018). “Prevention of kidney cancer incidence and recurrence: lifestyle, medication and nutrition”. Curr Opin Urol. 28 (1): 62–79. doi:10.1097/MOU.0000000000000454. PMID 29059103.
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