Bladder Cancer Risk Factors
Study findings from Dartmouth University broaden understanding of bladder cancer risk factors
Published in Hematology Week, November 2nd, 2009
Scientists discuss in 'Glucocorticoid therapy and risk of bladder cancer' new findings in bladder cancer. "Use of immunosuppressive drugs post organ transplantation, and prolonged use of glucorticoids for other conditions have been associated with subsequent risk of certain malignancies, that is, skin cancers and lymphoma. There is evidence that the incidence of bladder cancer is also elevated among organ transplant recipients, however, it is unknown whether other groups of patients, that is, those taking oral glucocorticoids, likewise are at an increased risk," investigators in Lebanon report.
"In a population-based case-control study in New Hampshire, USA, we compared...
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