Open AccessEpidemiology of bladder cancer
Author(s) -
V. N. Dubrovin
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj104542
Subject(s) - epidemiology , genitourinary system , bladder cancer , incidence (geometry) , autopsy , medicine , cancer , epidemiology of cancer , bladder neoplasm , oncology , pathology , gynecology , physics , breast cancer , optics
Unsatisfactory treatment results of malignant neoplasms in general and bladder cancer in particular require a closer study of their epidemiology. The incidence of bladder cancer varies from 1.3 to 6% among all malignant neoplasms of various localizations. According to autopsy findings, they comprise 35-50% of all tumors of urogenital organs and occur mostly in persons older than 40-45 years old. Men are affected 3-4 times more often than women.