Clear cell carcinoma of the breast in a developing community: what if the kidney?

The author in 2003 published the book, “Primary Pathology.” Among the different diagnoses was the “clear cell type” that characteristically showed clear staining of the cytoplasm. Five cases of it were found among the Ibo/Igbos of South-eastern Nigeria on using the method of histopathology data pool that facilitates epidemiological analysis. These were then documented. Thereafter, it was theorized that, since the kidney was another seat of clear cell cancer, it was recognized as being researchable if the patients had been investigated from that direction! This side of the research will merit the bioinformatics approach when the opportunity arises.