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Firefighters and Bladder Cancer Risk

Posted on May 20, 2008

The well known major risk factors for developing bladder cancer are prolonged exposure to certain environmental pollutants and chemicals.As the body absorbs carcinogenic chemicals, such as cigarette smoke, the chemicals are transferred to the blood, filtered out by the kidneys and expelled from the body through the urine.Greater concentrations of chemicals in the urine can damage the endothelial lining of the bladder and increase a patient s odds of developing transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).One group of people that are regularly exposed to smoke and chemical fumes are firefighters mor...

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bladder , bladder cancer , cancer , kidneys