His family history was notable for a maternal grandfather with kidney cancer. Investigations. Urinalysis, CT, microscopic examination of tumor, immunohistochemical analysis of tumor, hemoglobin ...

The reabsorption of water back into the blood (at the medulla) is controlled by the anti-diuretic hormone (ADH). ADH is produced by the part of the brain that monitors water levels in the blood.

Aiyana Mitchell, a mother of four, has Stage 4 renal medullary carcinoma, a kidney cancer that has spread throughout her body and can’t be cured. It took nearly a year of tests and treatments ...