Is the incidence of renal carcinoma increasing?
An analysis of standardised incidence rates for renal parenchymal tumours over a 14-year period in Scotland demonstrated a significant increase in disease incidence for males but not females. Reasons are presented to support the contention that this increase is in part real.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012606:Scotland; D012737:Sex Factors