The well-written and researched article reported in Clinical Medicine: Oncology by Dr. Washio and Dr. Mori entitled "Risk factors for renal cell cancer in a Japanese population"1 makes evident the differences in incidence and mortality rates from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) between different populations and highlights the relevance of carrying out epidemiological studies, investigating additional risk factors which may explain the differences.
Keywords: Japan; renal cell cancer; risk factor.