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…

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

Fumo di sigaretta e risorsa idrica in pazienti affetti da carcinoma vescicale superficiale. XV Congresso Nazionale SIUro, Giardini Naxos 3-6 novembre 2005. 1.