Better Counseling By Physicians Recommended Regarding Link Between Smoking And Bladder Cancer

 09.07.2008 09:14   medicalnewstoday.com

Even though cigarette smoking accounts for up to half of all bladder cancer cases, few people are aware of the connection - including more than three-quarters of patients who have bladder cancer, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. This knowledge vacuum suggests that urologists and other physicians need to do a much better job of telling patients about the risk of smoking and encourage them to quit, the study authors say.

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