Mechanism
The finding that virtually all people affected by renal medullary carcinoma carry at least one copy of the HbS mutation suggests that sickle cell trait somehow predisposes to this type of cancer. The precise mechanism is unknown, however red blood cells with a sickle cell configuration have been identified in pathology specimens.
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