Tatjana Antic • Jerome B. Taxy

2014

An Integrative Approach
To Cytopathologic Diagnosis

Kidney cancer is a relatively uncommon primary solid neoplasm of worldwide distribution, principally of adults. The American Cancer Society estimates that for the United States in 2013 there will be 65,150 new cases identified with 13,680 deaths. These numbers make the kidney #8 for major cancer occurrence, comprising about 3.9 % of all new cancers and 2.4 % of all cancer related deaths.