Urinary Bladder Cancer with Focus on Occupational Dye Workers.
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2015-10
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Benzidine based azo dyes are proven carcinogens, mutagens and have been linked to bladder
cancer of human beings and laboratory animals. The textile and dyestuff manufacturing industry are the two
major sources for releasing of azo dyes. Various research groups have started work on genotoxic effect of textile
dyes in occupational workers of textile dye industry. Bladder cancer is the most common form of cancer in dye
industries. Most of people between age 50 and 70 group of are diagnosed with bladder cancer. Men are more
likely than the women to develop bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply
without control in the bladder. The most common type of bladder cancer begins in cells lining the inside of the
bladder and is called transitional cell carcinoma. Tumor markers are substances that can be found in the body
when cancer is present. They are most often found in the blood or urine. The review deals about the impacts of
the industry dyes on human health.
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Azo dyes, carcinogen, genotoxic, urinary cancer, tumour markers
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Revathi K, Puvaneswari N, Rameshkumar N, Kayalvizhi N. Urinary Bladder Cancer with Focus on Occupational Dye Workers. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2015 Oct-Dec; 6(4): 74-79.