Bladder cancer primary prevention
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Primary prevention strategies of bladder cancer include smoking cessation, food dietary include high fruit, vegetables, antioxidants and avoid exposure to arsenic, industrial chemicals, aromatic amines, chemicals, and rubber.
Primary Prevention
Primary Prevention
- Effective measures for the primary prevention of bladder cancer include:[1][2][3]
- Smoking cessation
- Food dietary include high fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants
- Avoid exposure to arsenic, industrial chemicals, aromatic amines, chemicals, and rubber
- Avoid aristolochic acids
- Increased intake of fluids dilutes urine and increases micturition
- Physical activity
- Prevention of risk factors of urinary tract infection (UTI)
References
References
- ↑ Altwein JE (June 2007). “[Primary prevention of bladder cancer. What’s new?]”. Urologe A (in German). 46 (6): 616–21. doi:10.1007/s00120-007-1348-z. PMID 17464497.
- ↑ Brausi, Maurizio A. (2013). “Primary Prevention and Early Detection of Bladder Cancer: Two Main Goals for Urologists”. European Urology. 63 (2): 242–243. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2012.10.038. ISSN 0302-2838.
- ↑ Al-Zalabani AH, Stewart KF, Wesselius A, Schols AM, Zeegers MP (September 2016). “Modifiable risk factors for the prevention of bladder cancer: a systematic review of meta-analyses”. Eur. J. Epidemiol. 31 (9): 811–51. doi:10.1007/s10654-016-0138-6. PMC 5010611. PMID 27000312.
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