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Cancer - renal pelvis or ureter - Prevention

Alternative Names

Transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis or ureter

Prevention:

Follow your health care provider's advice regarding medications, including over-the-counter pain medicine
Stop smoking
Wear protective equipment if you may be exposed to substances that are toxic to the kidneys

Kidney anatomy

Reviewed last on: 6/10/2008
David C. Dugdale III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Bladder Cancer, Including Upper Tract Tumors and Urothelial Carcinoma of the Prostate. National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2008. Version 2.2008.

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