Stage 4 Kidney Cancer Death. It may or may not have spread to nearby lymph nodes but it. There are four stages of renal cancer.
In stage one the tumor is fairly small at 7 cm or less and is only in one kidney. In the first the tumor has grown larger and reached tissue beyond the kidney. In fact stage 4 of kidney cancer is further sub divided into stage 4a and stage 4b.
For example if the 5 year relative survival rate for a specific stage of kidney cancer is 80 it means that people who have that cancer are on average about 80 as likely as people who don t have that cancer to live.
Stage 4 kidney cancer symptoms. Because the adrenal gland is attached to the kidney the cancer often spreads. The stage 4 kidney cancer can cause a lump in your abdomen. The urine may appear red pink or brown.