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Environmental factors and genetic susceptibility promote urinary bladder cancer.
Toxicology letters - 15 Mar 2010
Volanis Dimitrios, Kadiyska Tanya, Galanis Alex, Delakas Dimitrios, Logotheti Stella, Zoumpourlis Vassilis
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Cancer of the urinary bladder is the second most common malignancy of the genitourinary tract, currently accounting for up to 5% of all newly diagnosed tumours in the western world. Urinary bladder carcinogenesis seems to develop from the interaction of environmental exposure and genetic susceptibility. Smoking, specific industrial chemicals, dietary nitrates and arsenic represent the most important exogenous...
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