A Quick Review of Redox State in Cancer: Focus to Bladder.

A cell is dying when there is no repair after damage. Indeed, the etiology of cancers associates with damaged or unrepaired cells. Cancer results from imbalance between cell's oxidant and antioxidant defenses.

Bladder cancer: total antioxidant capacity and pharmacotherapy with vitamin-E.

Purpose: Free radicals play an important role in the different complex course of carcinogenesis. Higher concentrations of reactive oxygen species are highly associated with the presence of tumors. The urinary bladder organ is also a target for many carcinogens.