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Bladder Cancer Learning Center

Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress . A smoking habit is a physical addictio...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Question: What are the negative effects of smoking? Answer: Smokers have an increased risk of the following: Lung cancer; Lung disease; Heart attack; Heart disease; Hypertension; Stroke; Oral cancer; Bladder cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Cervical can...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
Use of cigarettes and other tobacco products to engage in a habit that almost always leads to addiction. Every day 3,000 young people light up their first cigarette; every year a million teenagers become regular smokers. Adolescent smoking has ris...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress . A smoking habit is a physical addictio...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco that is used mostly in three forms: cigarettes, pipes, and cigars.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Smoking is an important and preventable cause of death and illness. However, as more money has been spent on smoking cessation programs, the incidence of cigarette smoking has risen. In 2002, 48 percent of men and 12 percent of women in the world ...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection of the urinary tract. This article discusses UTIs in children. The urinary tract includes the: Bladder; Kidneys; Ureters - the tubes that take urine from each kidney to the bladder; Urethra ...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 3, 2009
Bladder cancer is a disease in which the cells lining the urinary bladder lose the ability to regulate their An immunofluorescent light micrograph of cells cultured from squamous carcinoma of the bladder. ( Photograph by Nancy Kedersha, Photo Rese...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Bladder cancer is a disease in which the cells lining the urinary bladder lose the ability to regulate their growth and start dividing uncontrollably. This abnormal growth results in a mass of cells that form a tumor.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Bladder cancer is a disease in which the cells lining the urinary bladder lose the ability to regulate their growth and start dividing uncontrollably. This abnormal growth results in a mass of cells that form a tumor.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy penetrating radiation (x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, and neutron rays) to kill cancer cells.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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