Strategies to prevent the most prevalent cancers in the Westare remarkably straightforward in principle. To prevent lungcancer, quit smoking; to prevent breast cancer, maintain yourideal body weight and exercise; and to prevent skin cancer,stay out of the sun.1 Now comes a seemingly simple way to reducethe risk of bladder cancer, which is the fourth most commoncancer among men in the United States: drink more fluids.
Until now, the only firmly established risk factors for bladdercancer were cigarette smoking and exposure to a class of chemicalcarcinogens known as arylamines. In fact, bladder cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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