Renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer, has almost 270,000 new cases diagnosed yearly worldwide, according to a study published in 2022 in the Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL. In the United States, the number of new renal cancer cases has dramatically increased from 58,000 in 2010 to 76,080 in 2021, with a more rapid increase in Black Americans than white Americans, as highlighted in the journal BMC Cancer.