What causes kidney tumors?

Kidney cancer is a common cause of kidney cancer, but it is related to many factors, such as environmental factors, genetic factors, obesity and anti-hypertension treatment.

1. Environmental factors: long-term exposure to radioactive sources or radiation, chemicals, certain industrial substances, aflatoxin, etc., may cause kidney cancer.

2. Genetic factors: Patients with a family history of kidney cancer, their own risk of kidney cancer will also increase, such as VHL gene mutation.

3. Obesity and anti-hypertension treatment: obesity is also one of the risk factors for kidney cancer, and hypertension patients use anti-hypertensive drugs, will also increase the risk of kidney cancer

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