Relationship of blood groups and bladder cancer.
A retrospective study correlating the blood groups of 141 patients with bladder cancer showed that patients with blood group A had lower grade tumors with lower mortality rates, and those with blood group O(H) had higher grade tumors and higher mortality rates.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001789:Blood Group Antigens