title: The authors respond.
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, hofmannjn@mail.nih.gov Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA Division of Cancer, Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Division of Cancer, Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Corley
authors.forename: Joanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Colt
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shuch
authors.forename: Wong-Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Purdue
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000208:ethnology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology*