Causes of bladder cancer
Environmental factors are undoubtedly related to the incidence of the disease with smoking causing a two to six fold rise in the risk of the disease. Workers in industries involved with work with aromatic amines have a higher incidence of the disease.
In countries where the disease schistosomiasis is endemic/common e.g.Egypt, there is an increased incidence of squamous cancer of the bladder (a type which is otherwise infrequent in the UK.)
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