| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| Other Cancers: Kidney, Bladder, and Prostate Cancer |
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| Smoking doubles the risk for bladder cancer; 47% of bladder cancer deaths in men |
| and 37% in women are caused by smoking. Bladder cancer is diagnosed in 47,000 |
| Americans each year, with 10,200 deaths. |
| Cancer Facts and Figures 1994 (American Cancer Society), p.16 and Los Angeles |
| Times, June 21, 1991 |
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| Year 2000 estimates for new cases of bladder cancer are 53,000, with 12,200 |
| deaths. |
| CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, January-February 2000, pp. 12-13 |
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| 70% of cancers of the renal pelvis and ureter in men, and 40% in women, are caused |
| by smoking. Smokers have more than a threefold risk of developing these cancers. If |
| all tobacco use were eliminated, kidney cancer would be reduced by 30 to 40%. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, March 18, 1992, p. 381 and Cancer |
| Research 52:254, 1992 |
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| There is a twofold increased risk of kidney cancer among smokers compared with |
| nonsmokers. |
| Cancer, June 1, 1997 |
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| Carcinogens in tobacco smoke are absorbed into the blood, and some are excreted |
| unchanged or as active metabolites through the urinary tract. The urine of cigarette |
| smokers is strongly mutagenic. |
| Clinics in Chest Medicine, December 1991, p. 636 |
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