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- Rarely occurs in people under 40Cleveland Clinic: Bladder Cancer
- Affects 4 times more men than womenACS: What Are the Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer?
- Affects 2 times more whites than blacksACS: What Are the Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer?
- Male incidence: 1 in 27ACS: What Are the Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer?
- Female incidence: 1 in 85ACS: What Are the Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer?
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Bladder cancer is cancer that initially forms on the lining of the bladder. The most common warning sign of bladder cancer is having blood in the urine, which occurs in eighty to ninety percent of people with this type of cancer.AUA: Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer has a higher incidence in whites than African Americans, but the mortality rates are similar among the two ethnicities.ACS: What Are the Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer?
Some additional factors that increase a person's risk for developing bladder cancer are being male, smoking, exposure to certain chemicals and a previous family history of bladder cancer.AUA: Bladder Cancer
United States Statistics
- 6th most common cancerMedlinePlus: Bladder Cancer
- New cases: Estimated 68,810 in 2008NCI: Bladder Cancer
- Deaths: Estimated 14,100 in 2008NCI: Bladder Cancer
- Approximate treatment costs: $2.9 billionNCI: A Snapshot of Bladder Cancer
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Who is Dr. Steven Rosenberg and what is his cancer research? 1 AnswerSteven Rosenberg is the chief of surgery at the national cancer institute, in Bethesda Maryland . hes is also the leading cancer researcher and surgeon. after... read more
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