Upper urinary tract urothelial cancers: where it is A:T

Magali Olivier; Monica Hollstein; Heinz Hans Schmeiser; Kurt Straif; Christopher P Wild

doi:10.1038/nrc3311

Upper urinary tract urothelial cancers: where it is A:T

Nat Rev Cancer. 2012 Aug;12(8):503-4. doi: 10.1038/nrc3311.

Authors

Magali Olivier¹, Monica Hollstein, Heinz Hans Schmeiser, Kurt Straif, Christopher P Wild

Affiliation

¹ International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon, France.

PMID: 23002458
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3311

Abstract

Despite a ban on the use of plants of the Aristolochia genus in herbal medicine, as they contain known carcinogens, urothelial carcinoma attributable to the use of this plant seems to be more common than previously thought.

MeSH terms

Aristolochia / poisoning*
Humans
Plant Extracts / poisoning*
Plants, Medicinal / poisoning*
Ureteral Neoplasms / etiology*
Urologic Neoplasms / etiology*

Substances

Plant Extracts