Clinicopathological features of bladder cancer associated with chronic exposure to arsenic.
A high incidence of bladder cancer has been documented in an area of chronic arsenic (As) exposure. This study investigates the characteristics of As-associated (n = 49) and other (n = 64) bladder cancers. A higher histological grading was observed for the As-exposed tumours (P = 0.04), but no other difference in pathobiological features or prognosis was found between the two groups.
Chow
N H
NH
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
Guo
Y L
YL
Lin
J S
JS
Su
J H
JH
Tzai
T S
TS
Guo
H R
HR
Su
I J
IJ
D000368:Aged; D001151:Arsenic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
D001151:Arsenic; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases