[OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Kidney Cancer. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Chapter 1 About kidney cancer, Chapter 2 Testing for kidney cancer, Chapter 3 Kidney cancer staging and types of RCC, Chapter 4 Types of treatment, Chapter 5 Stages 1, 2, and 3 kidney cancer, Chapter 6 Stage 4 kidney cancer and kidney cancer recurrence, Chapter 7 Hereditary RCC, Chapter 8 Other resources, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index.