- Chromophobe is a type of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), or kidney cancer.
- Chromophobe RCC can be implicated in a number of diseases, including Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. For more information on BHD, visit BHDSyndrome.org
- In people with BHD syndrome, chromophobe kidney cancer is often slow-growing, and does not appear to metastasise. About 23% of BHD-related kidney tumours are chromophobe.
