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Bladder Cancer
Urology · Oncology
Severe
Severity
Moderately common — one of the more frequent urologic cancers, particularly in men over 55 with a smoking history
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Urology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Strongly associated with smoking
- 2which is responsible for a substantial proportion of cases due to carcinogens absorbed into the bloodstream and excreted through the bladder. Other risk factors include occupational exposure to certain industrial chemicals
- 3chronic bladder irritation or infection
- 4prior radiation therapy to the pelvis
- 5and a family history of bladder cancer. Age and male sex also increase risk
- 6with the disease being more common after 55.
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