The incidence of renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, has increased both in the United States and globally over the past two decades. Since the mid-1980s, the incidence rates of renal cell carcinoma for African Americans have surpassed those for whites.
NCI Kidney Cancer Study in Chicago and Detroit
This is the only renal cancer case-control study to date with a sufficient number of African Americans to examine reasons for their higher incidence and rapid rate increases. The goals of this study are to:
Identify risk factors that contribute to the excess of renal cell cancer among African Americans and to point to areas for prevention;- Determine the extent of the excess incidence among African Americans that may be explained by exposure or genetic risk factors;
- Evaluate whether risk factors are different in African Americans and whites.
- Data collection was completed in 2007, and data analysis is ongoing.
