More than 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. Most kidney tumors are discovered incidentally, often times when there has been an x-ray for another unrelated medical condition.
The most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell carcinoma, which accounts for about 90 percent of all kidney tumors. The Vattikuti Urology Institute offers a wide variety of diagnostic tools to confirm the presence and severity of kidney cancer, including imaging studies, biopsies and blood and urine tests. Henry Ford physicians have expertise treating patients with kidney cancer, using the most innovative of treatments, including robotic surgery.
Patients receive treatment that is customized to their own condition. Some of the treatments available to patients are:
