Patient Resources Superior Survival Rates Stage-for-Stage Analysis from UT Southwestern Quality Improvement Office compared to national SEER data (2010-2016). Types of Kidney Cancer Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Clear Cell – 70% Papillary – 15% Chromophobe – 5% Translocation – 1-5% Unclassified and other less frequent subtypes - 5-10% Risk Factors Smoking Obesity Industrial and other chemicals - trichloroethylene, aristolochic acid, and cadmium Gender – twice as frequent in men Age – average age, 64 Advanced kidney disease High blood pressure Genetic conditions, such as von Hippel-Lindau syndrome or germline BAP-1 mutations (as discovered by our own investigators) Stages Stage 1 - Tumor is smaller than seven centimeters (size of a tennis ball) and confined to the kidney Stage 2 – Still confined to the kidney, but the tumor is larger Stage 3 – Tumor invades neighboring blood vessels, surrounding fat, or spreads to nearby lymph nodes Stage 4 – Tumor spreads beyond Clinical Trials Community Support Advocates