{"id":717,"date":"2021-11-25T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vicare.org.ar\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2024-08-19T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:10:44","slug":"causas-y-factores-de-riesgo-del-cancer-de-vejiga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vicare.org.ar\/eng\/causas-y-factores-de-riesgo-del-cancer-de-vejiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes and risk factors of bladder cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Causes and risk factors of bladder cancer<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_2\">Ciertos cambios en el funcionamiento de las&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=46476&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">c\u00e9lulas<\/a>&nbsp;de la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=46501&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">vejiga<\/a>, en especial en c\u00f3mo se desarrollan y se dividen para formar nuevas c\u00e9lulas, causan c\u00e1ncer de vejiga. Existen m\u00faltiples factores de riesgo para este c\u00e1ncer, pero muchos de ellos no son una causa directa. Por el contrario, esos factores aumentan la probabilidad de que se produzcan da\u00f1os en el&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=45671&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">ADN<\/a>&nbsp;de las c\u00e9lulas, lo que puede originar c\u00e1ncer de vejiga. Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo se forma el c\u00e1ncer, consulte&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/espanol\/cancer\/naturaleza\/que-es\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el c\u00e1ncer?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_3\">Un factor de riesgo es cualquier cosa que aumenta la probabilidad de presentar una enfermedad. Es posible cambiar algunos factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga, como el consumo de tabaco. Los factores de riesgo tambi\u00e9n incluyen cosas que las personas no pueden cambiar, como la edad o los antecedentes familiares. Es importante que conozca los factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga para poder tomar decisiones que reduzcan el riesgo de que se presente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_5\">En los Estados Unidos, el c\u00e1ncer de vejiga se presenta con m\u00e1s frecuencia en los hombres que en las mujeres, y m\u00e1s a menudo en personas blancas que en personas negras. El c\u00e1ncer de vejiga se diagnostica a cualquier edad, pero el riesgo aumenta a medida que las personas envejecen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_6\">El consumo de tabaco, en especial fumar cigarrillos, es un factor de riesgo importante del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga. El tabaco contiene sustancias qu\u00edmicas perjudiciales llamadas carcin\u00f3genas. Cuando usted consume tabaco, el torrente sangu\u00edneo absorbe estas sustancias qu\u00edmicas, los&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=46325&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">ri\u00f1ones<\/a>&nbsp;las filtran y se acumulan en la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=46642&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">orina<\/a>. Esto hace que la vejiga quede expuesta a concentraciones elevadas de estas sustancias qu\u00edmicas, que pueden da\u00f1ar el ADN de las c\u00e9lulas que revisten este \u00f3rgano. Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre las diferentes herramientas para ayudarle a dejar de fumar y c\u00f3mo utilizarlas, consulte el sitio de Internet en espa\u00f1ol&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/espanol.smokefree.gov\/\">Smokefree<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_7\">Otros factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga son los siguientes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"_8\">\n<li>Tener&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=302456&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">antecedentes familiares<\/a>&nbsp;de c\u00e1ncer de vejiga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tener ciertos cambios en los&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=45693&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">genes<\/a>&nbsp;relacionados con el c\u00e1ncer de vejiga, como&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=661987&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">HRAS<\/a><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>RB1<\/em>,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=803426&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">PTEN<\/a>\/MMAC1<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>NAT2<\/em>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<em>GSTM1<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estar expuesto a pinturas, tintes, metales o productos derivados del petr\u00f3leo en el trabajo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haber recibido&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=44971&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">radioterapia<\/a>&nbsp;en la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=46246&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">pelvis<\/a>&nbsp;o ciertos medicamentos que se usan en la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=639945&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">terapia contra el c\u00e1ncer<\/a>, como la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=45253&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">ciclofosfamida<\/a>&nbsp;o la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=45267&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">ifosfamida<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consumir&nbsp;<em>Aristolochia fangchi<\/em>, una hierba originaria de China.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beber agua proveniente de un dep\u00f3sito de agua con concentraciones altas de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=44303&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">ars\u00e9nico<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beber agua tratada con&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=44424&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">cloro<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tener una enfermedad (Schistomosis) causada por el&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=44310&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">par\u00e1sito<\/a>&nbsp;llamado&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma haematobium<\/em>, frecuente en \u00c1frica y Oriente Medio, pero infrecuente en los Estados Unidos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilizar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/Common\/PopUps\/popDefinition.aspx?id=45637&amp;version=patient&amp;language=Spanish&amp;dictionary=Cancer.gov\">sondas<\/a>&nbsp;urinarias por mucho tiempo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_9\">La presencia de uno o m\u00e1s de estos factores de riesgo no significa que con toda seguridad usted enfermar\u00e1 de c\u00e1ncer de vejiga. Muchas personas con factores de riesgo nunca presentan este c\u00e1ncer, mientras que otras sin factores de riesgo conocidos s\u00ed lo hacen. Hable con su equipo m\u00e9dico si cree que tiene riesgo de presentar este c\u00e1ncer. Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los posibles ex\u00e1menes de detecci\u00f3n, consulte&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/espanol\/tipos\/vejiga\/deteccion\">Bladder cancer screening<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Actualizaci\u00f3n:<\/strong>\u00a016 de febrero de 2023 Fuente: https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/espanol\/tipos\/vejiga\/causas-factores-riesgo<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Causas y factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de vejiga Ciertos cambios en el funcionamiento de las&nbsp;c\u00e9lulas&nbsp;de la&nbsp;vejiga, en especial en 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