Context Bladder cancer (BC) represents a significant health problem due to the potential
morbidity and mortality associated with disease burden, which has remained largely …

Bladder cancer is one of the most financially burdensome cancers globally, from its
diagnostic to its terminal stages. The impact it imposes on patients and the medical …

Background Alcohol is a well-established risk factor for head and neck cancer (HNC). This
study aims to explore the effect of alcohol intensity and duration, as joint continuous …

Background: Smoking is a major risk factor for bladder cancer (BC). This meta-analysis
updates previous reviews on smoking characteristics and BC risk, and provides a more …

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 …

Purpose Although cigarette smoking is a well established risk factor for urothelial cancer, its
role in urothelial cancer prognosis is still undetermined. In this meta-analysis we quantify the …

Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is also a combat-related injury that is
increasing in modern warfare. The aim of this work is to inform medical experts regarding the …

Bladder cancer, a common neoplasm, is primarily caused by tobacco smoking. Epigenetic
alterations including DNA methylation have the potential to be used as prospective markers …

Abstract Background In 2012, more than 400,000 urinary bladder cancer cases occurred
worldwide, making it the 7 th most common type of cancer. Although many previous studies …

Background The pack-year index, which is calculated by multiplying a smoking period by the
number of cigarette packs smoked per day, is frequently used to investigate the risk of …