腎じん臓ぞうがん

noun

kidney cancer; renal carcinoma

Medical term for malignant tumors of the kidney. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

• 父ちちは腎じん臓ぞうがんと診しん断だんされました。

  My father was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

• 腎じん臓ぞうがんの治ち療りょうには手しゅ術じゅつがよく行おこなわれます。

  Surgery is often performed for the treatment of kidney cancer.