What are common bladder cancer risk factors?
We certainly have a clear knowledge of some of the well defined and associated risk factors in bladder cancer. Risk factors that have been proven and identified are primarily varied. Smoking is the number one risk factor. Smoking increases your risk of developing bladder cancer throughout your lifetime four fold, so it's a significant risk. If you think about it, it makes sense - the metabolites of the tar and the nicotine that are inhaled get into the blood stream and are filtered by the kidney. The kidney then secretes these toxic waste products into the urine and they're stored in the bladder. Although you urinate anywhere from six to eight, to ten times a day, in between urination these products, these toxic carcinogens sit in the bladder, and irritate the lining, and subsequently lead to bladder cancer. Similar, men and women who have worked in rubber industries - annelyn dyes that were used, especially around the turn of the previous century in the leather industry were at high risk, and there are a number of Napthol related chemical industries, some pesticide industries where there's a risk to the workers themselves.
