The role of the urologist in smoking cessation: why is it important?

R Sosnowski, K Przewoźniak - Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death in the world today.
Smoking is a well-known risk factor for various cancers, including urothelial carcinoma, and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of cigarette smoking in urological malignancies and clinical interventions for smoking cessation

R Sosnowski, MA Bjurlin, P Verze… - … European Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Urologists, however, very seldom provide smoking cessation assistance. By
applying brief smoking cessation intervention techniques, physicians' posses an effective …

The causal role of cigarette smoking in bladder cancer initiation and progression, and the role of urologists in smoking cessation

SA Strope, JE Montie - The Journal of urology, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Cigarette smoking is a well established risk factor for bladder cancer. We
characterize the changing impact of this exposure throughout the course of bladder cancer …

Prevention of bladder cancer incidence and recurrence: tobacco use

F Soria, G Marra, O Capoun, V Soukup… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Smoking cessation decreases the risk of BCa and may also allow benefits on treatment
outcomes. Nonetheless, the magnitude of the effect remains unclear and prospective series …

Patient awareness of smoking as a risk factor for bladder cancer

I Anastasiou, V Mygdalis, A Mihalakis… - … Urology and Nephrology, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Data on general population's and bladder cancer patients' perception of
smoking as a risk factor for bladder cancer are limited. To determine urological patients' …

Smoking cessation assistance for patients with bladder cancer: a national survey of American urologists

MA Bjurlin, SM Goble, CMP Hollowell - The Journal of urology, 2010 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for bladder cancer. How urologists
address smoking cessation among patients with bladder cancer is not well-known. We …

Smoking knowledge assessment and cessation trends in patients with bladder cancer presenting to a tertiary referral center

TJ Guzzo, MS Hockenberry, P Mucksavage… - Urology, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the knowledge level of patients with bladder cancer (BC)
regarding smoking risks. We also sought to determine the role of their urologists in initiating …

[HTML][HTML] Urologist-led smoking cessation: a way forward through implementation science

RS Matulewicz, DV Makarov, SE Sherman… - Translational …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cigarette smoking is responsible for one in every five deaths and is the single greatest
preventable cause of disease worldwide (1). Cigarette smoking is associated with several …

Smoking and bladder cancer: review of the recent literature

K Mori, H Mostafaei, M Abufaraj, L Yang… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Tobacco smoking is responsible for approximately half of BCa cases, and is associated with
poor oncological outcomes for both NMIBC and MIBC. Despite smoking being a well known …

Bladder cancer patient and provider perspectives on smoking cessation

M Mossanen, AB Smith, N Onochie… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Smoking is the most common risk factor for bladder cancer and is associated
with adverse clinical and cancer-related outcomes. Increasing understanding of the patient …