This invention relates to a composition, kit, DNA chip, and use thereof for detecting, diagnosing, and predicting metastasis of kidney cancer and / or for predicting the prognosis for kidney cancer, comprising one or a plurality of polynucleotides selected from the group consisting of polynucleotides, mutants thereof or fragments thereof, the expression levels of which vary in kidney cancer cells from a patient with a poor prognosis when compared with that in kidney cancer cells from a patient with a good prognosis; or antibodies or fragments thereof that bind specifically to polypeptides, mutants thereof or fragments thereof, the expression levels of which vary in the similar manner.