The mineral selenium, in small quantities, may help reduce the risk of high risk bladder cancer, say researchers.
The researchers conducted a study of almost 2000 people, 1108 didn’t have cancer and 767 were newly diagnosed with bladder cancer. While smoking increases the risk of developing bladder cancer, the findings showed that people with higher levels of selenium had lower risks of the cancer.
That’s fine and dandy you say, but what the heck is selenium and where do you get it? Good question.
Selenium is a trace mineral. We need several minerals, such as iron and magnesium. Selenium is …read more

B also has several types of cancer in its list. Who knew there were so many different types of cancer?
B is for:
B-cell lymphoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Bellini duct carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Brain tumor
Breast cancer
Burkitt lymphoma
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If you’ve cursed the number of times you need to get up in the middle of the night to urinate, you might choose to stop cursing after you read the findings of a recent study that was published in the International Journal of Cancer.
During the day, we usually urinate every few hours. Some people hold on to their urine longer than others, but it’s not for as long as we may hold it at night. For people lucky enough to sleep a solid 8 hours or more, that’s how long urine stays in the bladder too. But, the urine has …read more

The well known major risk factors for developing bladder cancer are prolonged exposure to certain environmental pollutants and chemicals.
As the body absorbs carcinogenic chemicals, such as cigarette smoke, the chemicals are transferred to the blood, filtered out by the kidneys and expelled from the body through the urine.
Greater concentrations of chemicals in the urine can damage the endothelial lining of the bladder and increase a patient’s odds of developing transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).
One group of people that are regularly exposed to smoke and chemical fumes are firefighters – more than any other group.

Now, University of California –San Francisco reported at …read more

HPV or Human Papillomavirus is a common cause of sexually transmitted diseases where humans are exposed to and will fall ill when colonized by the virus from sexual relations.
Previous studies have identified that HPV may have serious consequences that include some types of cancer: cervical, anus, vulva, penis, oropharyngeal (the middle part of the throat behind the mouth including the back of the tongue, the soft palate, the side and back walls of the throat).
Now, according to Universidad de Granada study, HPV may cause bladder cancer:
The researchers from Granada have focused their study on bladder cancer and have found some …read more

How would bladder cancer be diagnosed? A battery of screenings that often include cytoscopy – a painful procedure that uses a small camera threaded through the urethra to image the bladder’s interior.
What if you only have an infection after all? Then the battery of tests were not only a waste of time and money, but also invasively unnecessary.
This is why scientists are working towards the development of a “dipstick” test that would easily single out patients with tumor in their bladders against those who only have infections. Also, a dipstick or a urine test will not only be non-invasive but …read more

Urinary bladder cancer is among the five most common malignancies worldwide. While early detection and treatment dramatically increases a patient’s chance of survival, existing urinalysis test has serious limitations.
Thus, scientists look forward to the development of a non-invasive urinalysis assays via reliable diagnostic markers that will surely benefit patients at risk and/ or suffering the condition.
A team from University of Florida and University of Michigan, headed by Steve Goodison may already have what the experts are looking for.
The researchers have moved toward that goal by identifying potential biomarkers for bladder cancer, including a protein present in the urine of …read more

Ikonisys Inc. is a developer of automated cell-based diagnostic products. The diagnostic products of Ikonisys are an automation of a standard but time-consuming laboratory technique: fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which identifies chromosome aberrations associated with various diseases.
Recently, Ikonisys Inc.’s oncoFISH™ bladder has been cleared by the USFDA for marketing in the United States.
oncoFISH™ bladder detects aberrations for chromosomes 3, 7, 9, and 17 in cells found in urine sediment that help in the initial diagnosis of bladder cancer in patients with hematuria (blood in the urine) and the subsequent monitoring for tumor recurrence in patients previously diagnosed with bladder …read more

Scientists at Jefferson Medical College and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center probably have identified a potential target for drugs by demonstrating that a growth factor protein called proepithelin plays a crucial role in the spread of bladder cancer.
Because proepithelin seem not to strongly promoter cell proliferation but instead promotes migration and invasion (two crucial steps leading to metastasis) then it could be could be critical for the passage of a cancer from a noninvasive to an invasive phenotype.
Andrea Morrione, Ph.D. (research assistant professor of urology), Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, heading the …read more