Genetic Study Finds Bladder Cancer Risk Genes and Links to Smoking
Prokunina-Olsson L; Florez-Vargas O; Levin MG; Dutta D; Breeze CE; Hurwitz LM; Yan W; Lamy P; Papenberg BW; Wang K; Lee CH; Milne RL; Gu J; Um CY; Joseph V; Furberg H; Le Calvez-Kelm F; Lori A; Choudhury PP; Afshar N; Kogevinas M; Offit K; Vermeulen SH; López de Maturana E; Albanes D; Purdue MP; Cortessis VK; Karagas MR; Kooperberg C; Bjurlin M; Tadesse DA; Moore SC; Huang WY; Haiman CA; Stern MC; Eliassen AH; Mucci LA; Aben KK; Galesloot TE; Verma A; Yoshino S; Hikino K; Terao C; Rafnar T; Matsuda K; Shuin T; Garcia-Closas M; Real FX; Kiemeney LA; Chanock SJ; Malats N; Silverman DT; Dyrskjot L; Rothman N; Damrauer SM; Koutros S; Damrauer JS
Researchers studied genetic data from many people to learn more about bladder cancer. They found new genetic markers linked to the disease and showed that how our bodies process chemicals might influence our risk, especially for smokers.