Triple urogenital cancer in a patient with a history of heavy smoking who had been exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion

Jpn J Clin Oncol. 1988 Mar;18(1):65-8. doi: 10.1093/jjco/18.1.65.

Abstract

A survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb experienced triple cancer of the urogenital organs after a long history of heavy smoking. The cancers comprised a clear cell carcinoma of the right kidney, transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder, left ureter and left renal pelvis, and adenocarcinoma of the prostate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / etiology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / etiology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology*
  • Nuclear Warfare
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / etiology
  • Smoking*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / etiology
  • Urogenital Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Urogenital Neoplasms / pathology