What were sure of is that something will come up - fashion always needs something controversial to obsess over
Bjurlin concluded his presentation discussing e-cigarette use and the risk of bladder cancer with the following take home messages: Long term implications of chronic urothelial exposure to urinary carcinogens of e-cigarette users are unknown and will require long-term follow-up E-cigarette users appear to have carcinogens in the urine, some of which are linked to bladder cancer With higher lipid peroxidatation, radical-forming flavoring, and higher levels of specific notrosamines, there is elevated cancer-related biomarkers in the urine of e-cigarette users Presented by: Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Written by: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc Urologic Oncologist, Associate Professor of Urology, Georgia Cancer Center, Wellstar MCG Health, @zklaassen_md on Twitter during the 2024 Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Tues, Dec 3 Fri, Dec 6, 2024
The same study found mixed evidence about the risk of heavy, long-term use of marijuana
While qualifying that statement by adding that: These associations were less precise when we restricted to those with no lifetime tobacco cigarette use, with a non-significant elevated odds of disease among those with no lifetime tobacco cigarette use
