What You Should Know About Bladder Cancer. Smoking is the biggest risk factor.

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What You Should Know About Bladder Cancer
Smoking is the biggest risk factor.

By Kathleen Hall, Contributor |Nov. 7, 2017, at 9:34 a.m.

 
 

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the sixth most common type of the disease overall. But it's a relatively under-recognized cancer, says Dr. Arjun Balar, director of the genitourinary medical oncology program at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health. There are roughly 77,000 cases in the U.S. each year and about 16,000 disease-related deaths, he says.

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https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2017-11-07/what-you-should-know-about-bladder-cancer

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My father smoked.  He had surgery for bladder cancer, which the doctor said was likely caused by the smoking, right before his fatal heart episode.