Renal cell carcinoma NCIT:C2916 HP:0005584 Renal cell carcinoma (also known as hypernephroma) is the most common form of kidney cancer arising from the proximal renal tubule. The tissue of origin for renal cell carcinoma is the proximal renal tubular epithelium. Renal cell carcinoma can be classified as 1) clear cell carcinoma, 2) papillary carcinoma, 3) chromophobe renal carcinoma, and 4) collecting duct carcinoma. HP:0006720 Hypernephroma Renal carcinoma SNOMEDCT_US:702391001 MSH:D002292 Cancer starting in small tubes in kidneys UMLS:C0007134 A type of carcinoma of the kidney with origin in the epithelium of the proximal convoluted renal tubule. SNOMEDCT_US:41607009 Renal neoplasm