Epidemiology of Kidney Cancer

Table 1

Epidemiologic features of the RCC.

3rd urologic tumor in incidence	Maximum incidence on 6th decade
2% of adults malignancies	Male/Female ratio: 3/2
85–90% of adult renal parenchymal malignancies	10th male malignancy and 14th female malignancy
2–6% of child renal malignancies	More frequent in afroamerican people
Cancer specific mortality of 40%	More frequent in urban people