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What medications cause kidney tumors?

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Decades ago, a painkiller called phenacetin was conclusively linked to kidney and urinary tract cancers, leading to its ban in the US in 1983. The question of what medications cause kidney tumors is not limited to historical drugs, as research continues to explore associations between long-term use of modern medications and renal cancer risk.