Prevention of Bladder Cancer
- 6 May 1999
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 340 (18) , 1424-1426
- https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199905063401810
Abstract
Strategies to prevent the most prevalent cancers in the West are remarkably straightforward in principle. To prevent lung cancer, quit smoking; to prevent breast cancer, maintain your ideal body weight and exercise; and to prevent skin cancer, stay out of the sun.1 Now comes a seemingly simple way to reduce the risk of bladder cancer, which is the fourth most common cancer among men in the United States: drink more fluids.Until now, the only firmly established risk factors for bladder cancer were cigarette smoking and exposure to a class of chemical carcinogens known as arylamines. In fact, bladder cancer . . .Keywords
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