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Quitting smoking might prevent bladder cancer recurrence

August 12, 2007 on 9:15 pm | In Uncategorized | Smoking is a well-known risk factor for bladder cancer and is responsible for 50% of the incidence in men and 25% of the incidence in women. Earlier studies have suggested that quitting smoking might reduce the risk of cancer incidence. Researchers have recently shown that quitting smoking is also effective not only to lower the original occurrence, but also to reduce the risk of relapse.

Chen and colleagues at the National Taiwan University Hospital have shown that smokers who have had bladder cancer who continue smoking have a 2.2-fold greater risk of recurrence compared to those who quit.

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