Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: A rare type of kidney tumor. The cells that make up the tumor tend to be clear and do not readily take up dye during pathology analysis. Metastasis often only occurs late in the course of the disease and surgical removal usually leads to a good prognosis. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is available below.
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Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, or a subtype of Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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