Patients Unaware Of Link Between Smoking And Bladder Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708101120.htm


ScienceDaily (July 8, 2008)
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.
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Montie notes that in the first four years after a smoker quits, the risk of developing bladder cancer decreases by 40 percent.
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cancer are expected to be diagnosed this year. Bladder cancer is one of the most costly cancers to treat, so the burden of the disease affects not only patients and their families but also the nation's health care financing system.