Approximately 81,600 new cases of kidney cancer more than 52,000 in men and 29,000 in women will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, and 14,390 people 9,450 men and 4,940 women will die from the disease. There may be no signs or symptoms early in the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Factors that can increase the risk include older age, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, treatment for kidney failure, certain inherited syndromes and a