More than half of bladder cancers in the US are the result of smoking, and 90 per cent of smokers with the disease are aware of the connection, according to a new study.
"Bladder cancer is actually the second most common smoking-related cancer, second only to lung," said lead author Dr. Jeffrey C. Bassett of Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Anaheim.
Although previous studies had suggested that few people understood the connection between bladder cancer and tobacco, this new study found…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cologuard, the first stool-based colorectal screening test that detects the presence of red blood cells and DNA mutations that may indicate the presence of certain kinds of abnormal growths that may be cancers such as colon cancer or precursors to cancer. Cologuard offers people 50 and older at average risk for colorectal cancer an easy-to-use screening test they can do in the privacy of their own home.
Colorectal cancer was the third most common cancer with nearly 1.4 million new cases in 2012.
http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm409021.htm
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