• DOI:10.1002/ijc.20618
Corpus ID: 10136386

Renal cell carcinoma in relation to cigarette smoking: Meta‐analysis of 24 studies

@article{Hunt2005RenalCC,
  title={Renal cell carcinoma in relation to cigarette smoking: Meta‐analysis of 24 studies},
  author={J. Hunt and O. L. van der Hel and G. McMillan and P. Boffetta and P. Brennan},
  journal={International Journal of Cancer},
  year={2005},
  volume={114}
}

J. Hunt, O. L. van der Hel, +2 authors P. Brennan

Published 2005

Medicine

International Journal of Cancer

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 3% of adult deaths from cancer. The risk factors for its development are still under intense investigation. Although tobacco smoke is a risk factor, the data are inconsistent and the extent of the increased risk is unclear. Estimates from 19 case‐control and 5 cohort studies were used. The case‐control reports included 8,032 cases and 13,800 controls; the cohort estimates were based on 1,457,754 participants with 1,326 cases of RCC. The relative risk (RR… CONTINUE READING

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