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Bladder Cancer
Research on bladder cancer detailed by scientists at National Cancer Institute
October 8th, 2008
"Though obesity is an established risk factor for gall bladder cancer, its role in cancers of the extrahepatic bile ducts and ampulla of Vater is less clear, as also is the role of abdominal obesity. In a population-based case-control study of biliary tract cancer in Shanghai, China, odds ratios ( ORs) and 95% confidence intervals ( CIs) were calculated for biliary tract cancer in relation to anthropometric measures, including body mass index ( BMI) at various ages and waist-to-hip ratio ( WHR), adjusting for age, sex, and education," scientists in the United States report. "The study included 627 patients with biliary tract cancer ( 368 gall bladder, 191 bile duct, 68...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-10-08)
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