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Cigarette smoking implicated in half of bladder cancers in women – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the proportion of smoking-related bladder cancer in women is now comparable to that in men.
Freedman: Current-smoking women had four times risk of bladder cancer as never-smoking women.
Narrator: Dr. Neal Freedman, at the NIH, is the author of a recent study.
Freedman: And this compares to previous studies where current-smoking women have three times risk of bladder cancer as never-smoking women.
Narrator: Experts emphasize these findings provide additional evidence of the importance of preventing both men and women from starting smoking, and promoting cessation for current smokers. For more information on bladder cancer, visit www.cancer.gov. Health Matters is produced by the NIH, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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