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my father awhile back was told that one of his kidneys had failed so he was given tests as well as a ct scan he now has been told he has a tumour between the dead kidney and his bladder could you pleaes tell me what is the more likly type of cancer he may have

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Such a tumor might be in the ureter (the tube from the kidney and the bladder) and be a ureteral carcinoma.
Other possibilities include a variety of malignancies that occur in that area (sarcomas, tumors spread from other sites, etc.).
Usually the imaging tests give us a good idea of the type of tumor, but sometimes only a biopsy gives us that needed information.

[quote] my father awhile back was told that one of his kidneys had failed so he was given tests as well as a ct scan he now has been told he has a tumour between the dead kidney and his bladder could you pleaes tell me what is the more likly type of cancer he may have... [/quote]

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thankyou for your reply regarding the information that you give me we think the tumour is in the tube leading from the kidney could you be so kind to give me an idea of the prognosis

[quote] Such a tumor might be in the ureter (the tube from the kidney and the bladder) and be a ureteral carcinoma.
Other possibilities include a variety of malignancies that occur in that area (sarcomas, tumors spread from other sites, etc... [/quote]

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If a ureteral carcinoma is non-invasive, the prognosis is good. If it invasive and/or has spread the prognosis is guarded.
See below:

Upper tract urothelial neoplasms: incidence and survival during the last 2 decades.
Munoz JJ, Ellison LM
J Urol (2000 Nov) 164(5):1523-5 ISSN: 0022-5347


PURPOSE: Upper tract urothelial cancer is rare but studies in the 1970s showed that its incidence was increasing. We evaluated national trends of the incidence and survival of upper tract urothelial neoplasms from 1973 to 1996.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: We obtained information on upper tract urothelial neoplasms from 1973 to 1996 from the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program. To provide a time comparison we evaluated upper tract urothelial cancer from 1973 to 1984 and 1985 to 1996. We also calculated overall disease specific survival stratified by cancer stage, patient race and gender for the study period overall.

RESULTS: A total of 9,072 cases of upper tract urothelial cancer were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program
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from 1973 to 1996, including 5,379 of the renal pelvis and 3,678 of the ureter. Comparing age adjusted annual incidence rates revealed an increase in ureteral neoplasms from 0.69 to 0.73/100,000 person-years but no change in the incidence of renal pelvic tumors, while the rate of in situ neoplasms increased from 7. 2% to 23.1%. Overall disease specific 5-year survival was significantly different in regard to tumor stage (95.1% in situ, 88. 9% localized, 62.6% regional and 16.5% distant lesions). Disease specific annual mortality was greater in black than in white individuals and in women than in men (7.4% versus 4.9% and 6.1% versus 4.4%, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: There appears to have been a slight increase in the national incidence of ureteral tumors in the last 23 years. Fortunately we also detected a slight improvement in the overall disease specific survival of patients with upper tract neoplasms.

[quote] thankyou for your reply regarding the information that you give me we think the tumour is in the tube leading from the kidney could you be so kind to give me an idea of the prognosis

[quote] Such a tumor might be in the ureter (the tube from the kidney and the bladder) and be a ureteral carcinoma.
Other possibilities include a variety of malignancies that occur in that area (sarcomas, tumors spread from other sites, etc... [/quote]