Color blindness hides a key warning sign of bladder cancer

For most people with bladder cancer, the first red flag is literally red: blood in the urine. But for people with color blindness, that warning sign may be easy to miss — and missing it could prove deadly.

An analysis of electronic health records from more than 275 million people worldwide found that individuals who developed bladder cancer had significantly worse survival outcomes if they also had color vision deficiency, researchers report January 15 in Nature Health.

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