Collecting duct carcinoma: A rare, aggressive type of kidney cancer that arises from the kidney collecting ducts. The cancer cells can form irregular tubes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Collecting duct carcinoma is available below.
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Prognosis for Collecting duct carcinoma: this is an aggressive cancer which metastasizes readily
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Collecting duct carcinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Collecting duct carcinoma, or a subtype of Collecting duct carcinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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