Among cancers, it is somewhat of a poor relation. Each year, between 12 and 000 new bladder cancers are diagnosed, a third of which are in women. Generally, tobacco is responsible for this cancer.
THE MAIN TOBACCO RISK FACTOR!
Among cancers, it is somewhat of a poor relation. Each year, between 12 and 000 new bladder cancers are diagnosed, a third of which are in women. "It is the fifth cancer by frequency and the second urological cancer after that of the prostate. We die much more of bladder cancer than of prostate cancer "Recalls the Pr Morgan RoupretUrologist surgeon (CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris). Because the disease affects especially the oldest, the bladder seems less "noble" than other organs, this cancer arouses little interest. But things are starting to move ...
If the average age at diagnosis is 70 years, bladder cancer also affects younger ones. Tobacco, whose carcinogens pass in the urine, is the main risk factor: two-thirds of the patients are smokers or former smokers. It can also come from a professional exposure to tars, coal oils, aromatic amines ...
The main warning sign is the appearance of blood in the urine. "Present in 80% of cases, this hematuria must always be consulted because this cancer evolves quickly if nothing is done "Insists the Pr Stéphane LarréUrologist surgeon (CHU Reims). Sometimes there is no blood but urgent desires, burns ...
