Cigarette Smoking Implicated in Half of Bladder Cancers in Women

SOURCE: NIH News

DATE:  August 16, 2011

EXCERPT: "Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the risk in women is now comparable to that in men, according to a study  ...."   more

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Freedman ND, Silverman DT, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A, Abnet CC. Association between smoking and risk of bladder cancer among men and women. JAMA. 2011 Aug 17;306(7):737-45.

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