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Do drug therapies raise risk of bladder cancer?
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In her most recent study identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking drugs that suppress the immune system. The report examines the long–term use of glucocorticoids by 786 bladder–cancer patients and by 1,083 control subjects. Doctors commonly prescribe a combination of cytotoxic drugs and glucocorticoids as immunosuppressive therapy to help recipients of transplants avoid rejection of their new organs, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and other conditions often take glucocorticoids.
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