Kidney cancer

• Blood in your urine - the blood may not be there all the time but might come and go  
• A lump in the kidney area
• Painful spasms in your kidney tubes or bladder
• A dull pain in your side
• High temperatures and night sweats
• Tiredness
• Weight loss

A lot of these can be caused by other common conditions. For example, a urine infection, kidney stones or an enlarged prostate gland.

Testing for kidney cancer when you have no symptoms is called screening. There is no national kidney cancer screening programme in Ireland at present. Talk to your GP if you’re worried about kidney cancer.