Q) False about Renal cell carcinoma is
a) More common in males
b) Associated with von hippel lindau syndrome
c) Always require radical nephrectomy
d) Has paraneoplastic manifestaions
Answer
c
Renal cell carcinoma is more common in males
Genetic
loss of heterozygosity in chromosome 3p
B/l RCC is associated with VHL syndrome
Paraneoplastic of RCC
Anemia, hypettension, erythrocytosis.
Radical nephrectomy is the gold standard but not always necessary and partial nephrectomies in selected cases give good clearance