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New test to detect bladder cancer
Researchers from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and Puigvert Foundation promoted a novel procedure to locate the bladder cancer based on a urine sample. The sample, according to experts, is more reliable and effective than existing and would go on sale in 2013.
Scientists say that this test is more reliable than those that exist today, because it is capable of recognizing up to 12 genes related to the pathology and 2 which are closely linked to the likely aggressiveness of the tumor , a combination that really has a sensitivity high and specific in diagnosing bladder cancer. Studies currently underway, however, are able to identify only a few genes or only one.
Bladder cancer after the prostate is the second most common tumor in the genitourinary tract, affecting more than 15000 people per year in Spain.
In the course of the disease, people with bladder cancer should undergo an average of 20 cystoscope. This procedure is not pleasant or comfortable, since it consists in entering with a camera through the urethra to examine the bladder and examine the evolution of cancer.
Finally, we mention that the chief of Urology at the Hospital Clinic, Antonio Alcaraz, said to be ratified by the values of this study with about a thousand patients in three hospitals in Spain, one Dutch and one from Austria.
Introduction and Causes of Bladder Cancer
What is it?
Bladder cancer occurs when malignant cells develop in the lining of the organ.
The urine passes from the kidneys to the bladder through the ureters with a tube.
Bladder is a muscular ring structure that opens to make way for the urine.
Adapts its size increases as the volume of urine and when filled, sending nerve signals to the brain that conveys the need to urinate.
Bladder cancer is more frequent in women than in men, as three more times. Reflecting their close relationship with smoking.
In recent years, has seen an increase in the number of cases in Spanish women, a phenomenon which is due mainly to the increase of female smokers and incorporating it into employment and industry.
It is the second most common among urogenital cancers, the first prostate cancer in men. In the woman occupies the first place. Bladder cancer accounts for 2% of all cancers. It is more common in industrialized countries.
Causes
Among the risk factors involved in the development of bladder cancer include the following:
- The consumption of snuff is the risk factor and the strongest single underlying cause of at least half of all cases. The snuff smoke carcinogens are absorbed from the lungs into the blood. The kidneys filter many of these substances, including them in the urine to excrete them. Read the rest of this entry »
Bladder cancer
The most frequently plagued with cancer of the tool is bladder urination. Bladder cancer occurs three times more in men than in women, and multiple tumors are also more frequently, approximately 25% clients have more than one lesion at one time a diagnosis is made.
In the past three decades, cases of the bladder in men increased more than 20%, while cases among women decreased 25%. Known predisposing factors of bladder cancer is due to chemical betanaphytilamine and xenylamine, schistosoma haematobium infection and smoking. Read the rest of this entry »
Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer occurs when malignant cells develop in the lining of this organ.
The urine passes from the kidneys to t
he bladder through the ureters with a tube.
The bladder is a muscular ring structure is opened to make way for the urine. Adapts its size as it increases the volume of urine and once full, sends nerve signals to the brain that transmits the need to urinate.
Bladder cancer is more common in men than in women, as three more times. Reflecting its close relationship with smoking. Read the rest of this entry »