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Abbas NF, Aoude MR, Kourie HR, Al-Shamsi HO. Uncovering the epidemiology of bladder cancer in the Arab world: A review of risk factors, molecular mechanisms, and clinical features. Asian J Urol 2024; 11:406-422. [PMID: 39139531 PMCID: PMC11318450 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2023.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
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Objective Bladder cancer (BC) is a significant public health concern in the Middle East and North Africa, but the epidemiology and clinicopathology of the disease and contributors to high mortality in this region remain poorly understood. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the epidemiological features of BC in the Arab world and compare them to those in Western countries in order to improve the management of this disease. Methods An extensive electronic search of the PubMed/PMC and Cochrane Library databases was conducted to identify all articles published until May 2022, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A total of 95 articles were included in the final analysis after title, abstract, and full-text screening, with additional data obtained from the GLOBOCAN and WHO 2020 databases. Results Most of the included articles were case-control studies examining the risk factors and molecular mechanisms of BC. These studies originated from 10 different countries, with Egypt being the most active contributor. While BC in the Arab world shares some common risk factors with Western countries, such as smoking and occupational exposure, it also exhibits unique features related to schistosomiasis. The high mortality rates in this region are alarming and can be attributed to various factors, including the prevalence of smoking, the impact of schistosomiasis, a combination of genetic and socioeconomic factors, treatment shortages, and limited access to care or inadequate assessment of the quality of care. Conclusion Despite the relatively low incidence of BC in Arab countries, the mortality rates are among the highest worldwide. BC tends to be more aggressive in the Arab world, making it essential to implement strategies to address this burden.
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- Noura F. Abbas
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel Dieu De France Hospital, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, Lebanon
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel Dieu De France Hospital, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, Lebanon
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel Dieu De France Hospital, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, Lebanon
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- Department of Oncology, Burjeel Cancer Institute, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Innovation and Research Center, Burjeel Cancer Institute, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Emirates Oncology Society, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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Koonrungsesomboon N, Wadagni AC, Mbanefo EC. Molecular markers and Schistosoma-associated bladder carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol 2015; 39:487-96. [PMID: 26162479 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Molecular mechanisms and pathogenesis of schistosomal-associated bladder cancer (SABC), one of the most common malignancies in Africa and parts of the Middle East, is still unclear. Identification of host molecular markers involved in schistosomal related bladder carcinogenesis is of value in prediction of high-risk group, early detection and timely intervention. METHODS PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library and African Journals Online databases were systematically searched and reviewed. A total of 63 articles reporting 41 host molecular factors were included in the meta-analysis. RESULTS Pooled odds ratio demonstrated associations of p53 expression, telomerase activity and sFas with SABC as compared to other schistosomal patients (p53 expression: OR=9.46, 95%CI=1.14-78.55, p=0.04; telomerase by TERT: OR=37.38, 95%CI=4.17-334.85, p=0.001; telomerase by TRAP: OR=10.36, 95%CI=6.08-17.64, p<0.00001; sFas: OR=34.37, 95%CI=3.32-355.51, p=0.003). In comparison to bladder cancers of other etiology, positive associations were found between SABC and p15 deletion, p16 deletion, telomerase activity and sFas (p15 deletion: OR=4.20, 95%CI=2.58-6.82, p<0.00001; p16 deletion: OR=4.93, 95%CI=2.52-9.65, p<0.00001; telomerase by TERT: OR=3.01, 95%CI=1.51-5.97, p=0.002; telomerase by TRAP: OR=2.66, 95%CI=1.18-6.01, p=0.02; sFas: OR=4.50, 95%CI=1.78-11.40, p=0.001). Other identified associations were reported by few numbers of studies to enable reliable interpretation. CONCLUSIONS Variations in gene expression or genomic alterations of some molecular markers in SABC as compared to non-SABC or other schistosomal patients were identified. These suggest minute differences in the pathogenesis and physiological profile of SABC, in relation to non-SABC.
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- Nut Koonrungsesomboon
- Department of Clinical Product Development, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, 852-8523, Japan.
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- Centre for Buruli Ulcer Screening and Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cotonou, BP 03, Allada, Benin.
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- Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Bioscience, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria; Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, 852-8523, Japan.
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Hassan TM, Al-Zahrani I. Bladder cancer: Analysis of the 2004 WHO classification in conjunction with pathological and geographic variables. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.afju.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Aly MS, Khaled HM, Emara M, Hussein TD. Cytogenetic profile of locally advanced and metastatic Schistosoma-related bladder cancer and response to chemotherapy. Cancer Genet 2012; 205:156-62. [PMID: 22559976 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Revised: 12/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bladder cancer is a common malignancy in developing countries in which bladder infection with the parasite Schistosoma haematobium is prevalent. Several epidemiological, histopathological, and clinical characteristics of schistosoma-associated bladder cancer suggest that it is distinct from bladder cancer seen in other places in the world. The aim of this study was to extend establishing the cytogenetic profile of this type of malignancy in advanced and metastatic cases, and to demonstrate its relation to the end results of systemic therapy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization was applied to interphase nuclei to detect numerical chromosome changes in 41 patients with bladder cancer. Numerical chromosome aberrations were detected in 27 of 41 cases (66%). In 17 (41%) cases, a gain of chromosome 7 was observed, while losses in chromosomes 9 and 17 were detected in 20 (49%) and 18 (44%) cases, respectively. Loss of chromosome Y was detected in 7 of the 32 male patients included in this study (22%). There was a statistically significant association between stage of the disease and overall survival; Bajorin score and time to disease progression and overall survival; and between response to systemic therapy and time to disease progression and overall survival. The only chromosomal abnormality that had a significant relationship with overall survival was the gain of chromosome 4. When the genetic basis of schistosoma-associated bladder cancer is fully understood, new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies could be developed, which in turn may promote better clinical management and survival.
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- Magdy Sayed Aly
- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
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Al-Qahtani AA, Aly MS. Comparison of Genetic Changes in Transitional and Squamous Bilharzial-Related Bladder Cancers Using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2007.127.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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El Desoky ES, AbdelSalam YM, Salama RH, El Akkad MA, Atanasova S, von Ahsen N, Armstrong VW, Oellerich M. NAT2*5/*5 genotype (341T>C) is a potential risk factor for schistosomiasis-associated bladder cancer in Egyptians. Ther Drug Monit 2005; 27:297-304. [PMID: 15905799 DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000164197.95494.aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyl transferase (NAT2) displays extensive genetic polymorphisms that affect the rates of acetylation of drugs and genotoxic compounds such as amine carcinogens. To investigate whether the slow acetylator genotype is a risk factor for development of bladder cancer following schistosomal infection of the urinary tract, the authors determined the frequencies of 3 common polymorphisms in the NAT2 gene (341T>C, 590G>A, and 282C>T), which are associated with impaired acetylation activity, in control subjects (n=61; mean age 34.3+/-9.2 years) and in schistosomiasis-associated bladder cancer patients (n=55; 52+/-10.9 years) from the Egyptian population. Genotyping was carried out using rapid cycle PCR on the LightCycler, and subjects were assigned to a slow, intermediate, or rapid acetylator phenotype on the basis of the genotypes. The frequencies of the mutant alleles observed in the controls from the present study were similar to those reported previously for both the Egyptian population and other Arab populations. Patients showed a higher prevalence (78.2%) of slow acetylator phenotype than controls (67.2%), but this did not reach statistical significance (P=0.19). However, there were significantly more individuals who were carriers of 2 mutant 341T>C alleles (NAT2*5/*5 genotype) in the patient group compared with controls (odds ratio 2.6, CI 1.02-6.67, P=0.026). The alloenzyme encoded by this allele has been shown to display a large reduction in its catalytic activity. In conclusion, these data suggest that the NAT2*5/*5 genotype is a potential risk factor for development of urinary bladder cancer in patients with prior schistosomiasis infection.
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Khaled HM, Aly MS, Mokhtar N. Chromosomal aberrations in Cis and Ta bilharzial bladder cancer: a theory of pathogenesis. Urol Oncol 2005; 22:443-7. [PMID: 15610858 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2004.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2003] [Revised: 07/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bladder cancer manifests many different forms ranging from superficial to aggressive muscle invasive stages, which suggests that various genetic alterations are involved. Several attempts have been made to establish correlations between specific genetic alterations and various stages of the disease. At the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo, bladder cancer constitutes 30.3% of all cancers. Bladder cancer observed among Egyptians has a clinico-pathological profile that differs from transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) seen in the western world. PATIENTS AND METHODS We used fluorescence in situ hybridization to detect numerical chromosome changes in 25 patients presenting with carcinoma in situ and Ta lesions. Twenty-four cases had transitional cell carcinoma and one case had squamous cell carcinoma. RESULTS Five out of 24 TCC cases had diploid chromosome count with all the probes. Numerical chromosome aberrations were detected in 19 cases (79%). In eight cases, a loss of chromosome 9 was observed. In one case, an additional loss of chromosome 17 was detected. One case demonstrated a loss of chromosome 17, whereas another three cases showed a gain of chromosome 7. Loss of chromosome Y was observed in nine of the 22 male cases studied (40.9%). The only case with SCC had normal diploid chromosome count with all the probes used. CONCLUSION When the genetic basis of bilharzial related bladder cancer is fully understood, new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies will be developed, which in turn may promote better clinical management by pathologists and urologists. A theory of bilharzial related bladder cancer pathogenesis is suggested.
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- Hussein Mostafa Khaled
- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Aly MS, Khaled HM. Chromosomal aberrations in early-stage bilharzial bladder cancer. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 132:41-5. [PMID: 11801307 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00527-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bilharzial bladder cancer is one of the most common types of malignancy in both men and women in several developing countries including Egypt. It has several unique clinical, epidemiological, and histological characteristics, suggesting that it is an entity distinct from bladder cancer seen in Western countries. Genetic alterations in bilharzial-related bladder cancer have been studied infrequently, especially in the advanced stages of disease, that is, T3 and T4 classifications. The objective of this study was to extend establishing the baseline cytogenetic profile of this type of malignancy to early T1 and T2 classifications. For this purpose, fluorescence in situ hybridization was applied to interphase nuclei of frozen-stored samples with biotinylated repetitive DNA probes specific for all chromosomes to detect numerical chromosome changes in 35 patients presenting with relatively early-stage pT1 and pT2 disease. Eleven cases had squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 24 had transitional cell carcinoma. Six of 24 transitional cell carcinomas had diploid chromosome counts with all the probes. Numerical chromosome aberrations were detected in 18 cases (75%). In 12 cases, a loss of chromosome 9 was observed. In three cases, an additional loss of chromosome 17 was detected. One case demonstrated a loss of chromosome 10, whereas another two cases showed a gain of chromosome 7, next to a loss of chromosome 9. Loss of chromosome Y was observed in nine of the 27 male cases studied (33.3%), in which only one case showed an abnormality whereas four cases were detected next to loss of chromosome 9, and one case showed gain of chromosome 7. Five cases showed loss of chromosome 19 whereas gain of chromosome 4 was detected in two cases. Two of 11 samples of SCC had normal diploid chromosome counts with all the probes used. In four of 11 cases (36.4%) underrepresentation of chromosome 9, compared with the other chromosomes, was detected. An additional loss of chromosome 17 and gain of chromosome 7, next to loss of chromosome 9, was detected in three cases. One case showed loss of chromosome 17 as the only numerical aberration. Loss of the Y chromosome was detected in three cases of which one case had gain of chromosome 7 and one case had loss of chromosome 19. No correlation was found between any of the clinicopathologic parameters examined in this study and the presence or absence of any numerical chromosomal aberrations except for the significant association between schistosomal history and loss of Y chromosome (P=0.007).
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- Magdy Sayed Aly
- Faculty of Science, Cairo University (Beni-Suef Branch), Cairo, Egypt
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Khaled HM, Aly MS, Magrath IT. Loss of Y chromosome in bilharzial bladder cancer. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2000; 117:32-6. [PMID: 10700863 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(99)00126-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bilharzial bladder cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm in Egypt, also occurring with a high incidence in other regions of the Middle East and East Africa. In a previous study, using centromere probes specific for chromosomes 3, 4, 7-11, 16, and 17, we demonstrated that monosomy of chromosome 9 (48.4%), and numerical aberrations of chromosome 17 (19.4%) were the most common observed imbalances. The present study extends the establishment of the baseline cytogenetic profile of this type of malignancy. Interphase cytogenetics by fluorescence in situ hybridization with the use of a panel of centromere-associated DNA probes for chromosomes 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13/21, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, X, and Y was performed on paraffin-embedded bladder specimens from 25 Egyptian patients affected with bilharzial bladder cancer. No numerical aberrations were detected in the 25 cases for chromosomes 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13/21, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, and X. However, loss of chromosome Y was observed in 7 of the 17 male cases studied (41.2%). No significant correlation was observed between loss of the Y chromosome and any of the different clinicopathologic characteristics of these cases. These data suggest that loss of the Y chromosome is the second frequent event that can occur in bilharzial bladder cancer. A molecular genetic model of bilharzial bladder cancer is evolving.
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- H M Khaled
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cairo University, Egypt
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