The ban on phenacetin is associated with changes in the incidence trends of upper‐urinary tract cancers in Australia

• Main Authors: Sebastien Antoni (Author), Isabelle Soerjomataram (Author), Suzanne Moore (Author), Jacques Ferlay (Author), Freddy Sitas (Author), David P. Smith (Author), David Forman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background: Phenacetin is an analgesic that causes renal diseases and cancers of the upper‐urinary tract (UUT). It was banned in most countries from the late 1960s. This study aimed to evaluate, for the first time, the long‐term population impact of the phenacetin ban on UUT cancer rates. M...