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'''Renal cell [[carcinoma]]''' affects about seven in 10,000 people (70/100,000), resulting in about 50,000 new cases in the United States per year. Every year, about 12,000 people in the US die from renal cell carcinoma. | |||
==Gender== | |||
Renal cell cancer is more common in men than women. | |||
==Age== | |||
Renal cell cancer occurs more frequently in men older than 55, usually between the ages of 50-70. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Epidemiology
Renal cell carcinoma affects about seven in 10,000 people (70/100,000), resulting in about 50,000 new cases in the United States per year. Every year, about 12,000 people in the US die from renal cell carcinoma.
Gender
Renal cell cancer is more common in men than women.
Age
Renal cell cancer occurs more frequently in men older than 55, usually between the ages of 50-70.