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Studies to identify kidney cancer usually include computed tomography scans, excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, ultrasound, cystoscopy (to rule out associated bladder cancer), and nephrotomography or renal angiography to distinguish a kidney cyst from a tumor.
Related tests include liver function studies showing increased levels of alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase, and prolonged prothrombin time. Such results may point to liver metastasis, but if metastasis hasn't occurred, these abnormalities reverse after tumor resection.
Routine laboratory findings of hematuria, anemia (unrelated to blood loss), polycythemia, hypercalcemia, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate call for more testing to rule out kidney cancer.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Studies to identify kidney cancer usually include computed tomography scans, excretory urography and retrograde pyelography, ultrasound, cystoscopy (to rule out associated bladder cancer), and nephrotomography or renal angiography to distinguish a kidney cyst from a tumor.
Related tests include liver function studies showing increased levels of alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase as well as prolonged prothrombin time. Such results may point to liver metastasis, but if metastasis hasn’t occurred, these abnormalities reverse after the tumor has been resected.
Routine laboratory findings of hematuria, anemia (unrelated to blood loss), polycythemia, hypercalcemia, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate call for more testing to rule out kidney cancer. A bone scan should also be performed to rule out skeletal metastasis.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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