Hi I have recently been diagnosed with Kidney cancer. I have been told it is a rare and aggressive type found in the lower part of the kidney were the tube goes down to the bladder. The printout I was given states the following: On the left kidney an oval shaped mass 6 x 4.2 x 5.6 cm is identified. This effaces several of the calyces and likely invades some of the upper and mid-pole calyces and lower pole. This is probably through the renal capsule but contained by Gerota s fascia. There is also a thin rim of abnormal soft tissue around the pelvis. An upper pole cyst is noted on the left side as well. IMPRESSION: Large tumer/mass in the left kidney as described above that I suspect may be a transitional cell carcinoma secondarily invading renal cortex, however a renal cell carcinoma invading the pelvicalyceal system could also have this appearance. My symptoms were an extreme amount of blood in the urine and excessive amounts of blood clots. What do you think, I am going in for a pylogram on Monday for further evaluation.