46 The types of cost-reimbursement contracts differ in whether the contractor recovers only costs (e.g., cost contracts, cost-sharing contracts) or whether there is some allowance for profit (e.g., cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts, cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts).8 The various types of incentive contracts are alike in that they provide for the contractor to get (1) a specified base amount and (2) the opportunity to earn additional fees (i.e., incentive or award fees) based upon its performance in meeting cost, schedule, or technical goals under the contract.
1 Kidney cancer category by type of cell affected: 2  Renal cell cancer (carcinoma). 3  Transitional cell cancer (carcinoma). 4  Wilms' tumor-a common childhood kidney tumor.
Other Types of Kidney Cancer. Transitional Cell Carcinoma. About 6 to 7 percent of kidney cancers begin not in the kidney itself, but in the renal pelvis, the point where the kidney joins the tube that carries urine form the kidney to the bladder (ureter). These tumors are called transitional cell carcinomas and are made up of cancer cells different from those that characterize RCC.