© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 7, 538-545,
April 4, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
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Gender- and Smoking-Related Bladder Cancer Risk
Affiliations of authors: J. E. Castelao, J.-M. Yuan, M. Gago-Dominguez, J. S. Crowder, R. K. Ross, M. C. Yu, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles; P. L. Skipper, S. R. Tannenbaum, Department of Chemistry and Division of Toxicology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Correspondence to: J. Esteban Castelao, M.D., Ph.D., University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089-9181 (e-mail: castelao{at}hsc.usc.edu).
Background: There is growing evidence that, when smoking habits are comparable, women incur a higher risk of lung cancer than men. Because smokers are also at risk for bladder cancer, we investigated possible sex differences in the susceptibility to bladder cancer among smokers. Methods: A population-based, casecontrol study was conducted in Los Angeles, CA, involving 1514 case patients with bladder cancer and 1514 individually matched population control subjects. Information on tobacco use was collected through in-person interviews. Peripheral blood was collected from study participants to measure 3- and 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP)hemoglobin adducts, a marker of arylamine exposure. Data were analyzed to determine whether the risk of bladder cancer differs between male and female smokers and whether female smokers exhibit higher levels of ABPhemoglobin adducts than male smokers with comparable smoking habits. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results: Cigarette smokers had a statistically significant 2.5-fold higher risk (95% confidence interval = 2.1 to 3.0) of bladder cancer than never smokers. Use of filtered versus nonfiltered cigarettes, low-tar versus higher tar cigarettes, or the pattern of inhalation did not modify the risk. The risk of bladder cancer in women who smoked was statistically significantly higher than that in men who smoked comparable numbers of cigarettes (P = .016 for sexlifetime smoking interaction). Consistent with the sex difference in smoking-related bladder cancer risk, the slopes of the linear regression lines of the 3- and 4-ABPhemoglobin adducts by cigarettes per day were statistically significantly steeper in women than in men (P values for sex differences <.001 and .006, respectively). Conclusion: The risk of bladder cancer may be higher in women than in men who smoked comparable amounts of cigarettes.
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