Kidney cysts found during other tests had been largely dismissed as benign, or if cancerous, not dangerous. However, a Fox Chase Cancer Center study found they deserve a closer look because 1 in 5 had aggressive traits.
A Fox Chase Cancer Center study found that Kidney cysts deserve a closer look as 1 in 5 had aggressive traits.It's a common dilemma when cysts and masses are found by accident during tests for other medical conditions."I love the shore. We have a house down the shore," says Joe Weldon."Three daughters and a son. We do a lot of things together," he notes.But scans a few years ago revealed something else.
Fox Chase wondered if, as Dr. Kutikov says, were there sharks hiding among the minnows - among the harmless cysts? And can doctors better recognize them without surgery?Doctors analyzed Fox Chase's big database of both imaging scans and tests on surgically removed cysts. Joe's softball-sized tumor was monitored by CT scans for about a year, but when it changed too much, Dr. Kutikov wanted it out.
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