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Epidemiology of urinary bladder cancer: from tumor development to patient's death.
World journal of urology - 1 Jun 2007
Murta-Nascimento Cristiane, Schmitz-Dräger Bernd J, Zeegers Maurice P, Steineck Gunnar, Kogevinas Manolis, Real Francisco X, Malats Núria
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Urinary bladder cancer (UBC) ranks ninth in worldwide cancer incidence. It is more frequent in men than in women. We review the main established/proposed factors, both environmental and genetic, associated with bladder cancer etiology and prognosis. Data were extracted from previous reviews and original articles identified from PubMed searches, reference lists, and book chapters dealing with the reviewed topics....
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