Everyone knows that smoking is not only extremely harmful to your own health, but also to the health of those around you. Moreover, it is common knowledge that smoking is linked to lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, but bladder cancer?
According to a new study, more than 50% of bladder cancers are the result of smoking tobacco. The study found, however, that if doctors spoke to patients regarding their smoking habit during diagnosis, there was a greater likelihood of the patient quitting.
Bladder cancer is one of the most costly cancers to treat in the United States because even when it is diagnosed early, it often reoccurs. However, if a patient quits smoking when diagnosed it does reduce the risk that the cancer will return or spread to other areas of the body. Just one more reason to quit smoking!
Symptoms of Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer symptoms are sometimes similar to the symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI).
- Blood in urine
- Back pain
- Pelvic Pain
- Leg swelling
- Weight loss
- Anemia
- Pain near anus
If you experience any of these symptoms, contact a urologist New York at Luzato Medical Group immediately to seek medical intention.
Bladder Cancer Facts
- After lung cancer, bladder cancer is the second most common cancer caused by smoking.
- Bladder cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S.
- Nearly 75,000 new cases of bladder cancer are expected to be diagnosed in 2014.
- Over 15,000 people will die from the disease this year alone.
- One in 42 people will be diagnosed with bladder cancer during their lifetime.
- Bladder cancer is three times more common in men than in women.
Source: Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
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