Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients with end-stage renal disease exhibits many favourable clinical, pathologic, and outcome features compared with RCC in the general population.

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are at risk of developing renal tumours.

Objective: Compare clinical, pathologic, and outcome features of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) in ESRD patients and in patients from the general population.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Twenty-four French university departments of urology participated in this retrospective study.