Urinary tract infections and risk of squamous cell carcinoma bladder cancer: A Danish nationwide case–control study

Schistosoma haematobium infection can lead to squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the bladder. Whether this also applies to more common urinary tract infections (UTIs) is unclear. We therefore aimed to investigate the association between UTIs, reflected by the use of specific antibiotics and risk of SCC of the bladder. We conducted a Danish nationwide case-control study and identified histologically verified bladder cancer cases (2000-2015; n =...