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Laboratory Tests

by contentuser on Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:04 am

Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Kidney Cancer(Free Handout)

Laboratory tests

One or more laboratory tests are performed to confirm the presence of RCC.

Urinalysis

More than half of all patients with RCC have blood in the urine (hematuria). Often this blood is present in small amounts or diffused in the urine so that it cannot be seen with the naked eye (called microscopic hematuria). To detect hematuria a chemical test of the urine is performed. On occasion, cells found in the...Read the full article