ONCOLOGY Do you smoke? This is how your risk of bladder cancer increases (and how to detect it early) It is one of the most common tumours in Spain, along with colon and rectum, prostate, breast and lung, and if it is identified early it has a very good prognosis. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide. In our country it occupies the fifth position, ranking as one of the most diagnosed, only below the colon and rectum, prostate, breast and lung. It is a tumour that, on average, is diagnosed around the age of 60. By geographical area, bladder cancer is more common in Western Europe and North America than in Asia or Eastern Europe, according to data from the Spanish Society o... [Read more]