Familial aggregation of bladder cancer
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Familial aggregation of bladder cancer.
UNLABELLED Except for smoking and certain occupational exposures, the etiology of bladder cancer is largely unknown. Several case reports have described familial aggregation of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Although the majority of patients with bladder cancer do not have family history of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract, the study of familial transitional cell ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0042-8450,2406-0720
DOI: 10.2298/vsp1105447i