Current Smokers Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer Earlier
Bladder cancer is diagnosed about six years earlier in current smokers than in current nonsmokers, according to Japanese investigators.
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Bladder Ca Therapy and the Elderly
SAN FRANCISCO—Conventional treatments for bladder cancer may be inappropriate in elderly patients because of underlying age-related functional impairment and comorbidities, according to a medical oncologist.
Intravesical BCG Should Be Used First for Prophylaxis
Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is most effective in the long term when selected as initial prophylactic treatment to prevent recurrence of superficial bladder cancer, according to a Japanese study.
Urine Test Detects Bladder Cancer
Counting copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Cultured Milk May Cut Bladder Cancer Risk
Consuming cultured milk products may decrease the risk of bladder cancer, according to Swedish researchers.
NBI Detects More Bladder Ca Recurrences
Narrow-band imaging (NBI) cystoscopy improves detection of recurrent non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors over standard white-light imaging (WLI) cystoscopy, according to a report in BJU International (2008; published online ahead of print).
Urine Test Detects Upper Tract TCC
With upper tract transitional cell carcinoma (UTTCC), vigilance is the watchword. Detecting this cancer earlier may directly impact patient survival. According to the American Cancer Society, 54,390 new cases and 14,100 deaths in the United States will occur during 2008.
UroVysion Not a Replacement for Cystoscopy, Study Finds
The UroVysion (UV) assay, which can diagnose urothelial cancer, cannot replace cystoscopy for monitoring patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. According to researchers in Sweden, the assay may be useful as a supplement to traditional measures for detecting carcinoma in situ (CIS).
Water Intake May Diminish Likelihood of Bladder Cancer
Water intake may be associated with a slightly reduced risk of bladder cancer, especially in women, a study suggests.
Autoantibodies For Bladder Ca Diagnosis
SAN DIEGO—Serum autoantibody profiling may provide a novel non-invasive diagnostic tool for bladder cancer, according to researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center in Madrid.
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