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Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer risk may be modified by menopausal status and age at menopause
March 16th, 2006
Menopausal status and age at menopause may play a role in modifying bladder cancer risk among women. "Gender and cigarette smoking are among the most consistent predictors of bladder cancer risk. After adjustment for known risk factors, an excess risk remains for males, suggesting that other factors may be responsible for the gender differences," remarked investigators in the United States. M. McGrath and colleagues of Harvard University wrote, "Given limited data on hormonal or reproductive factors and bladder cancer risk. [We] examined these factors among women in the US Nurses' Health Study cohort. During 26 years of follow-up (1976-2002), 336...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-16)
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