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The burden of bladder cancer and kidney cancer attributable to smoking in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 and projections to 2050

Key takeaways

This study counts how many bladder and kidney cancers in Latin America and the Caribbean can be traced to smoking, from 1990 through 2023, and projects the numbers out to 2050. It works from national population statistics rather than following individual patients, so it maps patterns instead of proving cause in any one person. Smoking is already an accepted cause of kidney cancer, and this puts a number on the regional burden. It is about cancer, not the gradual loss of kidney function.

Who did this work

Jia Deng · Bing Yang · Zhenzhen Wu · Hao Wu · Huazheng Sun · Zhenming Xie · Bo Dai · Dongxin Tang

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-08
https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/226570