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Hereditary renal tumors

Clinical feature: 

Definition: The heterogeneous group of kidney tumors is characterized by varied degree of malignancy, origination from different tissues even outside the kidneys, and diverse genetic background.

Epidemiology: Renal cancer is the 7th leading cancer among men an the 12th among women. 2.6% of renal cancers are hereditary disorders.

Systematic link table: 

Hereditary kidney diseases
Congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract
Cystic kidney disease
Disorders of tubular solute transport
Hereditary glomerular disease
Hereditary renal tumors
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer
FH
Wilms tumor
Aniridia-Wilms-tumor syndrome
PAX6
WT1
Denys-Drash syndrome
WT1
WAGR syndrome
PAX6
WT1
Interstitial kidney disease
Kidney disease appearing as endocrinological disorders
Thrombotic microangiopathies
Urolithiasis

Literature: 

Cohen HT et al. (2005) Renal-cell carcinoma.