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Bladder Cancer
New bladder cancer study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Oxford
January 13th, 2009
"Statistics on the incidence of bladder cancer are particularly hard to interpret, because of changing classification, variations in counting of multiple cancers in the same individual and, most importantly, the variable inclusion of non-invasive cancers in different data sets. Mortality statistics are almost certainly more comparable, but as indirect estimators of disease risk, require some cautious interpretation, because of differing survival between populations, and over time," scientists in Oxford, the United Kingdom report. "Cancer of the bladder is estimated to be the ninth most common cause of cancer worldwide (357 000 cases in 2002) and the 13th most numerous...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-13)
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