|Articles|November 1, 2005

Smokers face higher risk of TCC after radiation

Vancouver, British Columbia--It's known that smoking increases the risk of transitional cell carcinoma by approximately two to three times over the baseline rate. Researchers now say that pelvic radiation may further increase the risk of TCC in smokers.

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