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Bladder cancer: risk factors
Bladder cancer: risk factors
Risk factors for urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma of the bladder include:- Smoking
- most important risk factor in Western countries, accounting for around 50% of cases
- hazard ratio is around 4
- Exposure to aniline dyes
- for example working in the printing and textile industry
- examples are 2-naphthylamine and benzidine
- Rubber manufacture
- Cyclophosphamide
Risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder include:
- Schistosomiasis
- Smoking
+PassMedicine Notes
Risk factors for urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma of the bladder include:
- Smoking
- most important risk factor in Western countries, accounting for around 50% of cases
- hazard ratio is around 4
- Exposure to aniline dyes
- for example working in the printing and textile industry
- examples are 2-naphthylamine and benzidine
- Rubber manufacture
- Cyclophosphamide
- Schistosomiasis
- Smoking
