Association between smoking and risk of bladder cancer among men and women

ND Freedman, DT Silverman, AR Hollenbeck… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Previous studies indicate that the population attributable risk (PAR) of bladder
cancer for tobacco smoking is 50% to 65% in men and 20% to 30% in women and that
current cigarette smoking triples bladder cancer risk relative to never smoking. During the
last 30 years, incidence rates have remained stable in the United States in men (123.8 per
100 000 person-years to 142.2 per 100 000 person-years) and women (32.5 per 100 000
person-years to 33.2 per 100 000 person-years); however, changing smoking prevalence …