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[Diet and bladder cancer].

José María García Mediero·Ignacio Romero Cajigal·Javier Angulo Cuesta·Antonio Ferruelo Alonso·Antonio Berenguer Sánchez
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OBJECTIVES: To perform an update on the bibliography about the influence of dietetic factors on bladder cancer. METHODS: Bibliography search in various databases (PubMed, Ovid) on each one of the dietetic agents that can influence on the incidence of bladder tumors. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: There is a growing number of evidences that a great number of substances present in our usual diet have an influence on bladder cancer.

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José María García Mediero, Ignacio Romero Cajigal, Javier Angulo Cuesta, Antonio Ferruelo Alonso, Antonio Berenguer Sánchez. 2006. [Diet and bladder cancer].. https://doi.org/10.4321/s0004-06142006000300004

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