OVERVIEW
Statistics on Renal Cell Carcinoma

There are approximately 30,000 cases of kidney cancer per year in the United States and approximately 11,000 patients will die of this disease. It is the 8th most common cancer in men and the 10th most common cancer in women.

Renal cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 85% of all kidney tumors. These tumors occur twice as often in men as in women and usually occur in adults between the ages of 50 and 70. Between 25 and 30% of patients have metastases at the time of diagnosis.