Wei Tan1,2, Liang Gao2, Ye Yuan2

  • 1Department of Urology, Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chongqing, China.

Scientific reports
|August 8, 2023
PubMed
概括

这项研究发现,较高的血清总水平与男性膀癌 (BC) 发生之间存在显著的相关性. 其他因素如血红蛋白,高血压,糖尿病和吸烟也与BC风险有关.

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