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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Primary prevention strategies of bladder cancer include cease smoking, avoid aristolochic acids, and avoid exposure to industrial chemicals and arsenic.
Primary Prevention
- Effective measures for the primary prevention of bladder cancer include:[1][2][3]
- Smoking cessation
- Food dietary include high fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants
- Selenium
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin E
- Folate
- Avoid exposure to arsenic, industrial chemicals, aromatic amines, chemicals, and rubber
- Avoid aristolochic acids
- Increased intake of fluids dilutes urine and increases micturition
- Physical activity
- Prevention of risk factors of urinary tract infection (UTI)
References
- ↑ Altwein JE (June 2007). "[Primary prevention of bladder cancer. What's new?]". Urologe A (in German). 46 (6): 616–21. doi:10.1007/s00120-007-1348-z. PMID 17464497.
- ↑ Brausi, Maurizio A. (2013). "Primary Prevention and Early Detection of Bladder Cancer: Two Main Goals for Urologists". European Urology. 63 (2): 242–243. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2012.10.038. ISSN 0302-2838.
- ↑ Al-Zalabani AH, Stewart KF, Wesselius A, Schols AM, Zeegers MP (September 2016). "Modifiable risk factors for the prevention of bladder cancer: a systematic review of meta-analyses". Eur. J. Epidemiol. 31 (9): 811–51. doi:10.1007/s10654-016-0138-6. PMC 5010611. PMID 27000312.