Environmental Risk Factors in Superficial Bladder Cancer

As a preliminary approach to define the object of larger case-control studies, the distribution of potential risk factors coming from environmental pollution among patients affected by superficial bladder cancer (TCCB) has been analyzed. Material e Methods. The analysis included only patients affected by medium risk superficial TCCB. Forty Italian urological centres joined the study. Detailed information about age, sex, residency, employment, active and passive cigarette smoking, water resource, hair-dye use were centralized. All patients underwent TUR and early intravesical chemotherapy. The distribution of the above mentioned environmental factors was related to tumor characteristics suc…

Ruolo della terapia di mantenimento e fattori di rischio ambientale nel carcinoma vescicale superficiale. Pazienti sottoposti a chemioterapia endovescicale adiuvante. Risultati preliminari di uno studio randomizzato su 577 pazienti.

Attività lavorativa e fattori di rischio ambientale in pazienti affetti da carcinoma vescicale superficiale.

Fattori di rischio ambientali nella storia naturale del carcinoma vescicale superficiale.