Medical Glossary K

Kaposi's sarcoma (KAP-o-seez-sar-KO-ma): A relatively rare type of cancer that develops on the skin of some elderly persons or those with a weak immune system, including those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Kidney Cancer: Renal cell cancer (also called cancer of the kidney or renal adenocarcinoma) is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in certain tissues of the kidney. Renal cell cancer is one of the less common kinds of cancer. It occurs more often in men than in women.

Kidneys (KID-neez): A pair or organs in the abdomen that remove waste from the blood. The waste leaves the blood as urine.

Krukenberg tumor (KROO-ken-berg): A tumor of the ovary caused by the spread of stomach cancer.