Elevated blood pressure has been implicated as a risk factor for renal cell carcinoma (RCC),
but prospective studies were confined to men and did not consider the effect of
antihypertensive medication. The authors examined the relation among blood pressure,
antihypertensive medication, and RCC in the European Prospective Investigation into
Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Blood pressure was measured in 296,638 women and men,
recruited in eight European countries during 1992–1998, 254,935 of whom provided …