Investigations of urinary cadmium content in patients with urinary bladder carcinoma.
In the present paper authors investigated urinary cadmium content in 10 patients with urinary bladder carcinoma using atomic spectrometry. It was found that in 60% of these patients it was increased. These results might indicate an involvement of cadmium in carcinogenesis.
Darewicz
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Department of Urology, Medical Academy, Białystok, Poland.
Malczyk
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Darewicz
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002104:Cadmium / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000652:urine*
D002104:Cadmium