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About 3% of all cancers
Incidence slowly increasing
Environmental factors: Cigarette smoking, aniline dyes, rubber additives, chronic bladder irritation due to schistosomiasis or chronic bacterial infection
N. B. Schistosomiasis explains high incidence of bladder cancer in Egypt (27.6% of all cancers), Iraq, Ghana and Nigeria.
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Gad-El-Mawla, N. (1987). Bladder Cancer. In: Monfardini, S., et al. Manual of Adult and Paediatric Medical Oncology. UICC International Union Against Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82489-0_40
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