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Familial and genetic risk of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Mueller Christine M, Caporaso Neil, Greene Mark H
Abstract excerpt
Environmental exposures, including tobacco smoke and occupational exposure to aromatic amines, have been implicated in bladder cancer etiology. However, the pathogenesis of urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma remains incompletely defined. In epidemiologic studies, family history confers a 2-fold increase in bladder cancer risk, but it is uncertain whether this represents evidence of a genetic and/or a...
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