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Pain or burning during urination
Blood in the urine
Pain in the side or lower abdomen
Frequent urination
Slowing of urinary stream
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Risk Factors
- Cigarette smoking.
- Work-related exposure to cancer-causing substances: chemicals used in dye, paint, oil, and textile industries.
- Pesticides: exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water due to nearby use of pesticides.
- Prior treatment with cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy).
- Prior radiation treatment to the pelvis, such as for prostate, rectal, cervical or ovarian cancers.
- Prior urinary tract or bladder infection with schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection most common in Africa.
More on Bladder Cancer Risk Factors for Bladder Cancer
In the Encyclopedia:
Bladder cancer
Transurethral bladder resection
Cystectomy
This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.
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