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Urologic Cancer Increases Risk for Colorectal Cancer

A previous diagnosis of ureter or kidney cancer increases the risk for colorectal cancer, especially when the diagnosis was made before the age of 60.  In addition, colorectal cancer increases risk for certain urologic cancers.

Cancer in the ureter or renal pelvis (urothelial cancer) was most strongly associated with later colorectal cancer with only a small increased risk with diagnoses of bladder cancer or cancer in other parts of the kidney. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on May 14th, 2008
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