Wake-up call for more doctor-patient communication and an increase in public information campaigns on the risk factor of smoking with regard to the development and prognosis of bladder cancer

World J Urol. 2019 Jan;37(1):215-217. doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2435-z. Epub 2018 Aug 11.

Authors

Christian Gilfrich¹, Odilo Maurer¹, Philipp J Spachmann², Mirja K Dombrowski², Maximilian Burger², Matthias May³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth Hospital Straubing, St. Elisabeth Str. 23, 94315, Straubing, Germany.
² Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Landshuter Straße 65, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
³ Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth Hospital Straubing, St. Elisabeth Str. 23, 94315, Straubing, Germany. matthias.may@klinikum-straubing.de.

PMID: 30099579
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2435-z

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Physician-Patient Relations
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Smoking
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms*