Diet and Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer (renal-cell carcinoma) is among the most rapidly increasing cancers in the U.S., particularly among those with ancestral roots in Africa.1 Past studies have found an association between renal-cell carcinoma and cigarette smoking, obesity, the use of certain pain-killing medications, diuretics and high blood pressure.

A recent long-term prospective study of 363,992 Swedis...