Bladder Cancer
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Treatment
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Bladder Cancer Risk Factors
Risk factors for bladder
cancer
include:
Occupational exposure
and bladder
cancer
:
Painters
Workers in the rubber, metal, textile, and leather industries
Smoking
: triples the risk of bladder
cancer
Exposure to secondary smoke
Caucasian race
Exposure to radiation
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Bladder Cancer Symptoms
Related Topics:
Hematuria
Lower abdominal pain
Transitional cell carcinoma
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Last Updated: Oct 30, 2007
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;
John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Bladder Cancer References:
Johansson SL, Cohen SM: Epidemiology and etiology of bladder cancer. Semin Surg Oncol 1997 Sep-Oct; 13(5): 291-8.
Montironi R, Lopez-Beltran A. The 2004 WHO classification of bladder tumors: a summary and commentary. Int J Surg Pathol. 2005 Apr;13(2):143-53.
Rosenberg JE, Carroll PR, Small EJ. Update on chemotherapy for advanced bladder cancer. J Urol. 2005 Jul;174(1):14-20.
Warde P, Gospodarowicz MK: New approaches in the use of radiation therapy in the treatment of infiltrative transitional-cell cancer of the bladder. World J Urol 1997; 15(2): 125-33.
