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Bladder Cancer
Study results from National Taiwan University update understanding of bladder cancer
June 30th, 2009
In this recent report, researchers in Taipei, Taiwan conducted a study "To compare bladder cancer mortality between diabetic patients and the general population. Yearly sex-specific mortality rates for age 25-64, 65-74, and 75 years in Taiwanese general population for 1995-2006 were calculated; 113,347 diabetic men and 131,573 diabetic women aged 25 years recruited in 1995-1998 were followed prospectively." "In the general population, 4,943 men and 2,291 women died of bladder cancer, and aging was associated with increased risk. Although the trend of crude mortality was increasing in either sex, the trend of age-standardized rates had been steady. The average crude and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-30)
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