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Selvaraj N, Dholakia K, Ragavan N. A Single Tertiary Center Experience in a South Asian Population: Does Tobacco Use Influence Bladder Cancer? Cureus 2021; 13:e18734. [PMID: 34796048 PMCID: PMC8589334 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.18734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Tobacco use, especially cigarette smoking, is a well-documented risk factor for cancer; however, its specific effect on bladder cancer has not been clearly defined. This study aimed to determine the association between tobacco use and bladder cancer in a South Asian population. Materials and methods We conducted a retrospective review of the medical records of 64 patients diagnosed with bladder tumors from February 2018 to March 2020. Patients included in the study were surveyed via a questionnaire regarding tobacco use. All patients received transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, and we analyzed histopathological and clinical outcomes. Results Our study population’s median age was 57 years, and the study included twice as many male patients as female patients. Most patients (n=45; 70%) reported not using tobacco products, and 19 patients (30%) reported tobacco use. Thirty-five of 45 nontobacco users (78%) had high-grade cancer, and 10 (22%) had low-grade cancer. Among the tobacco users, 10 (52%) had high-grade cancer, and nine (48%) had low-grade cancer. Conclusions According to our findings, a substantial cohort of bladder cancer patients is not tobacco users, and high-grade bladder cancer was more common to people who are not tobacco users. Other environmental factors play a key role in developing bladder cancer in our South Asian study population. Prevention efforts should focus on reducing bladder cancer risk factors.
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Li Y, Tindle HA, Hendryx MS, Xun P, He K, Liang X, Luo J. Smoking Cessation and the Risk of Bladder Cancer among Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2019; 12:305-314. [PMID: 31043379 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-18-0441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Smoking is the strongest established risk factor for bladder cancer. Former smokers have a lower risk of bladder cancer compared with current smokers, but findings on the dose-response relationship between years after quitting and the risk of bladder cancer are inconsistent. A total of 143,279 postmenopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative Study were included. Cox proportional hazards regression models were applied for estimating age- and multivariable-adjusted HRs and their 95% confidence intervals (CI). There were 870 bladder cancer cases identified over an average of 14.8 years of follow-up. After adjusting for pack-years of smoking, bladder cancer risk among former smokers declined by 25% within the first 10 years of cessation and continued to decrease as cessation time increased but remained higher than never smokers after 30 years of quitting (HR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.43-2.58). Smokers who quit smoking had a lower risk of bladder cancer compared with current smokers (HR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.40-0.94). We conclude that among postmenopausal women, there is a significant reduction in the risk of bladder cancer after quitting smoking. In addition to primary prevention, smoking cessation is critical to prevent the incidence of bladder cancer in older women.
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- Yueyao Li
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Ogreden E, Oguz U, Demirelli E, Yalçın O. Effect of smoking on pathological grade and stage in clinically low-risk patients. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.afju.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Barbosa ALA, Vermeulen SHHM, Aben KK, Grotenhuis AJ, Vrieling A, Kiemeney LA. Smoking intensity and bladder cancer aggressiveness at diagnosis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194039. [PMID: 29570711 PMCID: PMC5865728 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the relation between cigarette smoking intensity and bladder cancer aggressiveness at first diagnosis. METHODS Patients diagnosed with urinary bladder cancer (BC) between 1995-2011 under the age of 75 years were retrospectively identified from the Netherlands Cancer Registry and invited for a study on genetic and lifestyle risk factors for BC. Information on patients' self-reported smoking history was retrieved by means of a postal questionnaire. Tumors were stratified regarding the risk of progression defined by tumor stage and grade. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze the relation between smoking intensity and aggressiveness of the tumor. RESULTS The UBC study population comprised 323 (17.4%) never smokers, 870 (46.8%) former cigarette smokers, and 630 (33.9%) current cigarette smokers. A higher smoking amount was a risk factor of getting high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) compared with low-risk NMIBC in ever and former cigarette smokers (OR: 1.02 per cigarette smoked, 95% CI: 1.00-1.03 and OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.05, respectively). A statistically significant dose-response increase in the risk of a more aggressive cancer type (high-risk NMIBC and MIBC) was observed with increasing smoking duration among former smokers (p for trend 0.035 and 0.008, respectively). No significant association of the evaluated smoking intensity variables was observed in current smokers. A longer time of smoking cessation correlated with a lower odds of a more aggressive cancer. CONCLUSION We observed a weak increase in the risk of a more aggressive tumor type with increasing smoking intensity in former smokers, but this association was absent in current smokers. This conflicting result may suggest that there is no strong relation between smoking intensity and bladder cancer aggressiveness. Analyses of prospective studies with longitudinal smoking assessment may provide a more definitive answer to the research question.
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- André L. A. Barbosa
- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Urology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Zhou J, Kelsey KT, Giovannucci E, Michaud DS. Fluid intake and risk of bladder cancer in the Nurses' Health Studies. Int J Cancer 2014; 135:1229-37. [PMID: 24500943 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Increase in fluid intake may reduce bladder cancer risk by decreasing the contact time between carcinogens in urine and bladder epithelium. However, this association has not been examined in a large cohort of women. The association between total fluid intake and bladder cancer risk in two large prospective women's cohorts with 427 incident bladder cancer cases was examined. Detailed information on total fluid intake was collected by repeated food frequency questionnaires over time. Multivariable relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were estimated by using Cox proportional hazards regression models. Results from the two cohorts were pooled together using the random-effects model. Using the average values from the earliest two dietary assessments and lowest quartile as reference, a suggestive inverse association was observed between total fluid intake and overall bladder cancer risk (RR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.61-1.12, p-value for trend: 0.08), and invasive bladder cancer risk (RR: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.23-0.97, p-value for trend: 0.04). Among heavy cigarette smokers, women with the highest quartile of total fluid intake had a 38% decrease in bladder cancer risk (RR: 0.62, 95% CI: 0.41-0.93, p-value for trend: 0.02). The findings suggested that total fluid intake may reduce bladder cancer risk for female smokers, as well as reduce the risk of invasive bladder cancer.
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- Jiachen Zhou
- Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI; Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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van Roekel EH, Cheng KK, James ND, Wallace DMA, Billingham LJ, Murray PG, Bryan RT, Zeegers MP. Smoking is associated with lower age, higher grade, higher stage, and larger size of malignant bladder tumors at diagnosis. Int J Cancer 2013; 133:446-54. [PMID: 23292999 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Smoking is a strong risk factor of bladder cancer (BC), but it is currently unclear whether smoking is also associated with severity of BC at diagnosis. We performed a large hospital-based case-comparison study, examining the relation between smoking and clinical characteristics of BC at diagnosis. A total of 1,544 cases from participating hospitals in the West Midlands were recruited between 19 December 2005 and 21 April 2011. Eligible cases were adult BC patients without a previous history of this disease. At time of diagnosis, semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted by trained research nurses to collect smoking information. Clinical characteristics were obtained from medical records. Linear mixed models were performed to calculate predicted means in clinical outcomes for a variety of smoking behaviors. A p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. After adjustment for age and gender, current smokers were on average 4.0 years younger at diagnosis (95% CI: -5.9 to -2.0), had larger tumors (mean difference: 0.48 cm, 95% CI: 0.04-0.91), a higher T stage (mean difference: 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.41), and a borderline significantly higher grade than never smokers (mean difference: 0.15, 95% CI: 0.00-0.30). Our results suggest that smoking could be associated with a more malignant phenotype of BC at diagnosis. More research is needed on the relation between smoking and prognosis, but our results could strengthen the message about the potential risks of smoking to these patients.
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- Eline H van Roekel
- Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Jiang X, Castelao JE, Yuan JM, Stern MC, Conti DV, Cortessis VK, Pike MC, Gago-Dominguez M. Cigarette smoking and subtypes of bladder cancer. Int J Cancer 2011; 130:896-901. [PMID: 21412765 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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There is little information regarding associations between suspected bladder cancer risk factors and tumor subtypes at diagnosis. Some, but not all, studies have found that bladder cancer among smokers is often more invasive than it is among nonsmokers. This population-based case-control study was conducted in Los Angeles, California, involving 1,586 bladder cancer patients and their individually matched controls. Logistic regression was used to conduct separate analyses according to tumor subtypes defined by stage and grade. Cigarette smoking increased risk of both superficial and invasive bladder cancer, but the more advanced the stage, the stronger the effect. The odds ratios associated with regular smokers were 2.2 (95% confidence intervals, 1.8-2.8), 2.7 (2.1-3.6) and 3.7 (2.5-5.5) for low-grade superficial, high-grade superficial and invasive tumors respectively. This pattern was consistently observed regardless of the smoking exposure index under examination. Women had higher risk of invasive bladder cancer than men even they smoked comparable amount of cigarettes as men. There was no gender difference in the association between smoking and risk of low-grade superficial bladder cancer. The heterogeneous effect of cigarette smoking was attenuated among heavy users of NSAIDs. Our results indicate that cigarette smoking was more strongly associated with increased risk of invasive bladder cancer than with low-grade superficial bladder cancer.
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- Xuejuan Jiang
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Bakkar AA, Allory Y, Iwatsubo Y, de Medina SGD, Maille P, Khreich N, Riou A, Leroy K, Vordos D, Abbou CC, Andujar P, Billebaud T, Chammings S, Conso F, De La Taille A, Fontaine E, Gattegno B, Ravery V, Sibony M, Radvanyi F, Chopin DK, Pairon JC. Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons influenced neither the frequency nor the spectrum of FGFR3 mutations in bladder urothelial carcinoma. Mol Carcinog 2010; 49:25-31. [PMID: 19722178 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) is associated with an increased risk of urothelial carcinoma (UC). FGFR3 is found mutated in about 70% of Ta tumors, which represent the major group at diagnosis. The influence of PAH on FGFR3 mutations and whether it is related to the emergence or shaping of these mutations is not yet known. We investigated the influence of occupational PAH on the frequency and spectrum of FGFR3 mutations. We included on 170 primary urothelial tumors from five hospitals from France. Patients (median age, 64 yr) were interviewed to gather data on occupational exposure to PAH, revealing 104 non- and possibly PAH exposed patients, 66 probably and definitely exposed patients. Tumors were classified as follows: 75 pTa, 52 pT1, and 43 > or =pT2. Tumor grades were as follows: 6 low malignant potential neoplasms (LMPN) and 41 low-grade and 123 high-grade carcinomas. The SnaPshot method was used to screen for the following FGFR3 mutations: R248C, S249C, G372C, Y375C, A393E, K652E, K652Q, K652M, and K652T. Occupational PAH exposure was not associated with a particular stage or grade of tumors. Thirty-nine percent of the tumors harbored FGFR3 mutations. After adjustment for smoking, occupational exposure to PAH did not influence the frequency [OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.78-1.52], or spectrum of FGFR3 mutations. Occupational exposure to PAH influenced neither the frequency nor the spectrum of FGFR3 mutations and there was no direct relationship between these mutations and this occupational hazard.
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Peláez S, Hierro I, Oña S, Alonso L, Matilla A. Relación entre la exposición a pesticidas y el desarrollo de carcinoma urotelial vesical superficial de bajo grado. Med Clin (Barc) 2004; 123:571-4. [PMID: 15535938 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(04)74600-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Few studies have been published analyzing the association between pesticides use and the increased risk of developing urothelial cancer of the bladder (UCB). The aim of this work was to investigate, in a geographical area with a high prevalence of UCB (Axarquia, Malaga province, southern Spain) if a) subjects with occupational exposure to pesticides have greater risk of developing UCB and b) there are histopathological differences with regard to UCB in patients without any exposure. PATIENTS AND METHOD Case control study. During two years (1994-1996) 96 cases of UCB were included. The histologic grade and the depth of the invasion as well as the associated inflammatory infiltrate were analyzed. A questionnaire was answered by the patients. RESULTS 58.3% of the case group were working with or had history of exposure to pesticides, compared to 40.6% in the control group (OR = 2.04; 95% CI, 1.1-3.6). The risk increased with a greater time of exposure. In exposed subjects, low grade tumors (OR = 2.6; 95% CI, 1.3-5.2) as well as superficial tumors (OR = 2.3; 95% CI, 1.2-4.4) were more frequent. They were more frequently accompanied by a chronic inflammatory infiltrate (OR = 4.5; 95% CI, 1.8-11.1). CONCLUSIONS The subjects with occupational exposure to pesticide have greater risk of developing UCB, which is directly proportional to the exposure time. In comparison with the population in the zone without exposure, patients who use pesticides present low grade UCB and less invasive tumors more frequently. These facts were not modified when they were adjusted for tobacco consumption. Exposed patients have UCB with chronic (moderate) inflammatory reaction more frequently than the tumors in non-exposed subjects.
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- Salvador Peláez
- Servicio de Medicina Interna y Medicina Preventiva, Hospital de la Axarquía, Vélez-Málaga, Spain
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Ayan S, Gokce G, Kilicarslan H, Ozdemir O, Yildiz E, Gultekin EY. K-RAS mutation in transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder. Int Urol Nephrol 2002; 33:363-7. [PMID: 12092657 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015213713048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the present study it was aimed to investigate the frequency of K-RAS mutation in the human bladder transitional cell carcinoma. For this purpose, tissue specimens obtained from the patients with bladder tumors. Genomic DNAs were isolated and then PCR-SSCP analysis of K-RAS gene were performed. A heterozygous deleted mutation was detected in K-RAS oncogene (exon 2) in agarose gel electrophoresis in one patient and point or substitution mutations are detected using single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) in other different patients with bladder cancer (4/14). In conclusion, the frequency of K-RAS mutation is not rare and the role of this mutation in oncogenesis and in infiltration of the urinary bladder wall needs to be confirmed in a larger study.
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- S Ayan
- Department of Urology, Medical Biology and Genetics and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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Ayan S, Gokce G, Kilicarslan H, Ozdemir O, Yildiz E, Gultekin EY. K-RAS mutation in transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder. Int Urol Nephrol 2002. [PMID: 12092657 DOI: 10.1023/a: 1015213713048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the present study it was aimed to investigate the frequency of K-RAS mutation in the human bladder transitional cell carcinoma. For this purpose, tissue specimens obtained from the patients with bladder tumors. Genomic DNAs were isolated and then PCR-SSCP analysis of K-RAS gene were performed. A heterozygous deleted mutation was detected in K-RAS oncogene (exon 2) in agarose gel electrophoresis in one patient and point or substitution mutations are detected using single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) in other different patients with bladder cancer (4/14). In conclusion, the frequency of K-RAS mutation is not rare and the role of this mutation in oncogenesis and in infiltration of the urinary bladder wall needs to be confirmed in a larger study.
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- S Ayan
- Department of Urology, Medical Biology and Genetics and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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Stewart JH, Hobbs JB, McCredie MR. Morphologic evidence that analgesic-induced kidney pathology contributes to the progression of tumors of the renal pelvis. Cancer 1999; 86:1576-82. [PMID: 10526288 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991015)86:8<1576::aid-cncr27>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Whether phenacetin-containing analgesics cause renal pelvic tumors by virtue of the weak mutagenicity of phenacetin, or indirectly through local effects of analgesic-induced renal papillary scarring, is debated. Because phenacetin consumption ceased in New South Wales, Australia in 1975, cases of renal pelvic carcinoma seen 14-15 years later (many of which were associated with long-standing analgesic-induced renal papillary pathology) provided an opportunity to examine the temporal relation between phenacetin exposure and those histologic characteristics of the tumors and adjacent renal tissue that may implicate analgesics in their etiology. METHODS The authors conducted a "blinded" histopathologic review of tumors of the renal pelvis and adjacent noncancerous renal tissue from 100 cases for which epidemiologic data regarding risk factor exposure (specifically phenacetin-containing analgesics, tobacco, infection, and kidney stones) had been obtained in a population-based case-control study from New South Wales in 1989 and 1990. RESULTS A history of consumption of phenacetin-containing analgesics was associated strongly with the presence and severity of diffuse renal papillary scarring, and less strongly with papillary calcification. The histologic grade of the renal pelvic tumors tended to rise significantly with consumption of phenacetin-containing analgesics in a dose-dependent fashion and with the degree of papillary scarring, but was not related to smoking. In multivariate analysis it was the degree of papillary scarring (to a greater extent than the amount of phenacetin consumption) that was associated significantly and strongly with a higher histologic grade. Only diffuse papillary calcification was associated significantly with squamous change in the renal pelvic tumors. CONCLUSIONS Based on the results of the current study, the authors conclude that 1) in phenacetin-related tumors of the renal pelvis, the presence and severity of analgesic-induced renal papillary scarring correlates with tumor progression and 2) papillary calcification is a risk factor for squamous change in renal pelvic urothelioma.
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- J H Stewart
- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, and Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Novara R, Coda R, Martone T, Vineis P. Exposure to aromatic amines and ras and c-erbB-2 overexpression in bladder cancer. J Occup Environ Med 1996; 38:390-3. [PMID: 8925323 DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199604000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have analyzed the bladder biopsies of six bladder cancer patients exposed to high levels of 2-naphthylamine and benzidine, 11 unexposed bladder cancer patients, six subjects with benign conditions of the bladder, and 16 healthy subjects. Immunohistochemical analysis of the p21 and p185 protein products, for overexpression of ras and c-erbB-2 oncogenes, was performed. Overexpression of ras was found in four of six exposed cancer patients, 3 of 11 unexposed cancer patients, zero of six benign disease patients, and zero of 16 healthy subjects. The odds ratio for ras overexpression, comparing exposed with unexposed cases, was 5.3 (90% confidence interval 0.6 to 64). Overexpression of c-erB-2 was apparently not associated with occupational exposure.
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- R Novara
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Oncologia Umana, Turin, Italy
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Hayes RB, Friedell GH, Zahm SH, Cole P. Are the known bladder cancer risk-factors associated with more advanced bladder cancer? Cancer Causes Control 1993; 4:157-62. [PMID: 8481494 DOI: 10.1007/bf00053157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Risk factors for superficial and invasive bladder cancer were examined in a case-control study of 470 cases identified in 1967-68 in the Brockton and Boston Standard Metropolitan Areas (MA, United States) and of 500 population-based controls. Histologic specimens were reviewed and classified as superficial or invasive, following a standardized protocol. The tobacco-associated risk for superficial bladder cancer was odds ratio (OR) = 2.6 (95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 1.7-4.1) and the risk for invasive bladder cancer was OR = 1.7 (CI = 1.1-2.5). For subjects less than 60 years of age, the risks were greater for invasive tumors (OR = 4.3, CI = 1.2-15) than for superficial tumors (OR = 2.0, CI = 0.9-4.2), but this pattern for tobacco use was not found in older subjects. A strong trend of increased risk with increased amount of cigarettes smoked was shown only for invasive bladder tumors. No clear pattern of excess risk for invasive bladder tumors was seen for age at first use and years since last use of tobacco. The risk associated with occupational exposure to aromatic amine bladder carcinogens was OR = 1.7 (CI = 0.8-3.3) for superficial and OR = 1.5 (CI = 0.8-3.0) for invasive bladder cancer. For subjects less than 60 years of age, the risks were greater for invasive (OR = 12.0, CI = 2.1-65) than for superficial tumors (OR = 4.3, CI = 0.8-24), but this pattern for occupational exposure was not found in older subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R B Hayes
- Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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