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Signs & Symptoms

• Hematuria -- blood in the urine; 40% of all patients
  • Gross hematuria -- blood in urine that is visible clinically
  • Microscropic hematuria -- blood in urine that is identifiable only through a microscope
• Pain
• Dull pain in flank (locally advanced disease)
• Dysuria -- pain on urination
• Erythrocytosis -- abnormally high accumalation of red blood cells in the blood
• Mass in flank
• Other urinary sysmptoms -- burning, frequency, urgency, pelvic discomfort after voiding
• Weight loss