What Causes Renal Cancer?
While certain factors increase the risk of developing kidney cancer, it is unclear why, exactly, kidney cells become cancerous. Smoking – while still a risk factor – has not been found specifically to cause renal cancer. Furthermore, the incidence of smoking has not increased in proportion to the enormous increase in kidney cancer cases. Some scientists suggest interrelated factors as the cause of kidney cancer. The University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center reports that a combination of obesity and high blood pressure are both associated with a process called lipid peroxidation, the byproducts of which result in DNA mutations that can trigger the formation of malignant cells.
While certain factors increase the risk of developing kidney cancer, it is unclear why, exactly, kidney cells become cancerous. Smoking – while still a risk factor – has not been found specifically to cause renal cancer. Furthermore, the incidence of smoking has not increased in proportion to the enormous increase in kidney cancer cases. Some scientists suggest interrelated factors as the cause of kidney cancer.
