Lifestyle Choices May be a Predictor or Bladder Cancer

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Lifestyle Choices May be a Predictor or Bladder Cancer

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The thought itself is astounding: a way possibly exists to

predict if a person could possibly contract bladder cancer in

the future. In recent studies, debate is emerging in regards to

one theory – that lifestyle choices and the impact of living

life a certain way may be related to bladder cancer. A recent

study by the Department of Preventive Medicine of Nagoya

University School of Medicine indicates that there might, in

fact, be a strong and credible link between lifestyle and

bladder cancer.

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Lifestyle Choices May be a Predictor or Bladder Cancer

Copyright © 2006 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

The thought itself is astounding: a way possibly exists to

predict if a person could possibly contract bladder cancer in the

future. In recent studies, debate is emerging in regards to one

theory – that lifestyle choices and the impact of living life a

certain way may be related to bladder cancer. A recent study by

the Department of Preventive Medicine of Nagoya University School

of Medicine indicates that there might, in fact, be a strong and

credible link between lifestyle and bladder cancer.

The department studied 258 bladder cancer patients in order to

determine if lifestyle choices played a role in allowing medical

professionals to prognosticate the possibility that patients

might be susceptible to bladder cancer. This was a follow-up

study of patients who had suffered from bladder cancer in

metropolitan Nagoya, Japan and were recruited for study. Their

personal survival information was derived from a database that

was maintained by the Nagoya Bladder Cancer Research Group.

After reviewing the tests and their results, researchers were

able to pinpoint several key factors that impact the occurrence

and reoccurrence of this type of cancer. Univariate analysis

showed that there was a significant relationship between 5 year

survivorship and the level of education a person possessed, their

marital status, drinking habits, and the degree of green tea

consumption in males. Additional factors were the age at which

the cancer was diagnosed, the histological type and grade of the

any tumors, the degree of metastasis, and the state of metastasis

in both sexes.

The results were adjusted for age, stage, histology (histological

type and grade), and distant metastasis by means of a

proportional hazards model.The consumption of alcoholic beverages

was also significantly associated with the prognoses of bladder

cancer in males. The ratio of adjusted hazard was 0.46 with a 95%

confidence interval of 0.26 – 0.79 among males that consumed

alcoholic beverages.

Detailed analysis revealed that former drinkers and every level

of current drinkers exhibited hazard ratios smaller than unity,

although no correlation between dosage amounts was detectable.

Other factors, such as smoking habits, uses of artificial

sweeteners and hair dye, and consumption of coffee, black tea,

matcha (powdered green tea), and cola were detected, leading one

to believe that it is reasonable to conclude that drinking any

type of beverage, not just alcohol, plays a significant role in

the development or reoccurrence of bladder cancer.

The significance of this is vague in terms of prognosis, although

that ratio seems to indicate that at least among those who

participated in the study and were bladder cancer survivors,

drinking alcohol is not a very good idea. Additionally, the study

showed that the higher risk factor in regards to bladder cancer

and males can be correlated directly to drinking in terms of

reoccurrence propensity. If you are male and have had bladder

cancer, along with dietary changes and other lifestyle choices,

avoiding alcoholic beverages might increase the possibility of

avoiding the sickness in the future.

This, however, is not, and should not be considered conclusive,

but merely the very compelling result of one specific study.

Also, the indication that other factors, such as smoking, did not

seem to increase the risk of reoccurrence, should not be

construed as rock solid justification for those behaviors.

For instance, the fact that smoking does not apparently increase

the risk bladder cancer does not in any way obviate the fact that

smoking has been risked to other diseases or maladies such as

heart disease, lung cancer, strokes, or degradation of blood

circulation. All of these conditions are just as life-threatening

as bladder cancer.

One significant factor seems to be that dosage amounts of alcohol

do not seem to correlate with the propensity of reoccurrence. In

fact, this study seemed to show that among moderate to heavy

drinkers, the reoccurrence rate was unaffected. If one were to

take this at face value, one could conclude that any drinking at

all increases the chances of bladder cancer coming back.

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