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Patients with asbestos-related kidney cancer will always have an underlying disease such as asbestosis or pleural effusion, even if they don't show symptoms or it was overlooked in the diagnosis phase
Year 1 survival rate
Year 5 survival rate
10 Year survival rate
Occupational exposure to asbestos for long periods of time may lead to kidney cancer. How does it happen?
Inhalation
People who worked with asbestos would regularly breathe in toxic fibers
Ingestion
Asbestos fibers can also be found in contaminated foods or waterKidney cancer can be cured in up to 50% of cases when it is discovered in its early stages. Look out for symptoms!
Loss of
Appetite
Appetite
Anemia
Lower Back
Pain
Pain
Unexplained
Weight Loss
Weight Loss
Lump in
Abdomen
Abdomen
Fever
High Blood
Pressure
Pressure
Blood in
Urine
Urine
Swelling
Kidney cancer patients represented by Environmental Litigation Group received an average amount of $71, 246 from asbestos trust funds.
84%
Stage I
Tumor smaller than 7cm
81%
92%
Stage II
Tumor is bigger than 7cm
73%
56%
Stage III
Invaded the adrenal gland
59%
6%
Stage IV
Spread to other organs
7%
Survival rate for women at stage of diagnosis
Survival rate for men at stage of diagnosis
Numerous autopsies have shown the presence of asbestos fibers in the urinary tract of kidney cancer patients.
Estimate Treatment Costs
Estimate Treatment Costs
-
$67,200
Kidney Surgery -
$30,000
Chemotherapy
-
$15,300
Radiation Therapy -
$2,000
Biological Therapy
Surgical Treatment Options
Surgical Treatment Options
-
$67,200
Kidney Surgery -
$30,000
Chemotherapy
The average cost of kidney cancer surgery is $67,200
Early detection
$37,000 / patient
VS
Advanced stage
$67,000 / patient
Most kidney cancers are diagnosed at an early stage!
More common in Caucasian people than in other races/ethnicities
64 is the median age of diagnosis
14,400 people die of kidney cancer yearly
63,990 new cases are diagnosed every year
Sometimes, kidney cancer will not show any symptoms. When the disease is asymptomatic, doctors call it "the silent killer".
1 in 87 women develops kidney cancer
1 in 63 people develops kidney cancer
1 in 52 men develops kidney cancer
24% of cases could be prevented if everyone had a healthy weight
