Urothelial Cancer (Risk)

Laxatives and Smoking Contribute to Development of Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 8th, 2000

Habitual smoking and intake of laxatives pose a significant risk in the development of urothelial cancer (UC), particularly renal pelvis and ureter cancer, according to a recent report by W. Pommer and colleagues.

Since roughly 20,000 new cases of UC and 7,500 deaths from bladder cancer (BC) occur in Germany each year, Pommer et al. sought to determine whether some common habits of this population were contributing to risk of contracting these cancers. "Among the manifold risk factors, little research has been done on the role of smoking and the habitual intake of analgesics and laxatives -- practices that are common in parts of the German population," the researchers...

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