Opium and bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the odds ratios for opium use and the risk of bladder cancer

M Afshari, G Janbabaei, MA Bahrami, M Moosazadeh - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective The association between opium use and bladder cancer has been investigated in
many studies, with varying reporting results reported. This study aims to estimate the total …

Opium consumption and risk of bladder cancer: a case-control analysis

SY Hosseini, MR Safarinejad, E Amini… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the relationship between opium consumption and bladder
cancer (BC) in a case-control study of an Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

Opium use and risk of bladder cancer: a multi-centre case-referent study in Iran

M Hadji, H Rashidian, M Marzban… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Bladder cancer (BC) is the 10th most common type of cancer worldwide and the
fourth most common type of cancer in Iran. Opium use is considered as one of the risk …

[PDF][PDF] Is bladder cancer more common among opium addicts?

AM ALI, A Kaviani, L Gachkar, SR Hosseini-Nassab - 2004 - sid.ir
Purpose: Many environmental and occupational risk factors have been proposed for bladder
cancer, among which opium consumption has been considered in few studies. We designed …

[PDF][PDF] Opium as a risk factor for bladder cancer: a population-based case-control study in Iran

M Akbari, A Naghibzadeh-Tahami… - Archives of Iranian …, 2015 - journalaim.com
BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common genitourinary system malignancy
in humans. Consumption of opium and its derivatives, maybe a risk factor possibly in Iran …

The carcinogenicity of opium consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A M. Filho, MC Turner, S Warnakulasuriya… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The carcinogenicity of opium consumption was recently evaluated by a Working Group
convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). We supplement the …

The Iranian study of opium and cancer (IROPICAN): rationale, design, and initial findings

M Hadji, H Rashidian, M Marzban, M Gholipour… - 2021 - trepo.tuni.fi
Background: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified
opium use as a Group 1 carcinogen. However, much remains to be studied on the relation …

[HTML][HTML] Age distribution types of bladder cancers and their relationship with opium consumption and smoking

A Aliramaji, A Kaseean, YRY Pasha… - Caspian journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Recognition of the predisposing factors of bladder cancer is very important and
provides possible prevention measures. The aim of this study was to investigate the types …

Opium as a carcinogen: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MZ Bidary, M Sahranavard, AA Rezayat… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Opium and its pyrolysates have been investigated as potential carcinogenic
material through several studies in different body systems; however, the results were …

Opium use and subsequent incidence of cancer: results from the Golestan Cohort Study

M Sheikh, R Shakeri, H Poustchi… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence is emerging for a role of opiates in various cancers. In this study, we
aimed to investigate the association between regular opium use and cancer incidence …