title: The impact of nutrition in urogenital cancers.
abstract: Prostate, bladder and kidney cancers remain the most common cancers of the urinary tract. Despite improved primary prevention, detection and treatment, the incidence of age-related cancers of the urinary tract is likely to rise as a result of global population ageing. An association of diet with prostate, bladder and kidney carcinogenesis is plausible since the majority of metabolites, including carcinogens, are excreted through the urinary tract. Moreover, large regional differences in incidence rates of urologic tumours exist throughout the world. These rates change when people relocate to different geographic areas, which is suggestive of a strong environmental influence. As a result of these observations, numerous studies have been conducted to assess the effects of diet and nutritional status in kidney, bladder and prostate carcinogenesis. Here, we review the literature assessing the effect of diet and nutritional status on urological cancer risk, which has attracted the most interest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Golabek
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology of the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, the European Health Centre, Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powroźnik
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chłosta
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology of the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, the European Health Centre, Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobruch
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology of the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, the European Health Centre, Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borówka
keywords: bladder cancer; diet; kidney cancer; prostate cancer