New Delhi: Cases of kidney cancer are projected to double in the next 25 years, with researchers attributing the steep rise to risk factors such as obesity , lack of exercise, diabetes and hypertension, which can be addressed.

The team from Europe, the US and the UK, analysed national estimates of current and projected cases and death rates from the Global Cancer Observatory of the International Agency for Research on Cancer .

Results of the analysis, published in the journal 'European Urology', reveal that nearly 435,000 new cases and 156,000 deaths from kidney cancer were recorded worldwide in 2022.

If the current trends continue, the numbers could potentially double by 2050, the researchers said.

"Kidney cancer is a growing global health problem, and both clinicians and poli

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