Cancer Of The Bladder Wall

The median ageof diagnosis is 69 for men and 71 for women.

Cancer of the bladder wall.

Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall. The most common sites for bladder tumors are the posterior and lateral walls. But it s done to help determine the extent of the cancer rather than to try to cure it. Grown into the layer of connective tissue under the lining of the bladder wall t1 or into the muscle layer of the bladder wall t2 or into the layer of fatty tissue that surrounds the bladder t3a or t3b or it might have spread into the prostate seminal vesicles uterus or.

Cancerous malignant tumors tend to form first in the innermost lining of the bladder wall. The superior wall is less frequently involved. Stage i bladder cancers have grown into the connective tissue layer of the bladder wall t1 but have not reached the muscle layer. Low grade bladder cancer is less likelythan high grade bladder cancer to spread into the muscle wall of the bladder and beyond.

This lining is known as the transitional epithelium. The cancer cell type can be transitional cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma each named for the types of cells that line the wall of the bladder where the cancer originates. Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include. Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine.

It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs. A low grade tumor usually grows more slowly and is less likely to invade the muscular wall of the bladder than is a high grade tumor. Transurethral resection turbt with fulguration is usually the first treatment for these cancers. The signs and symptoms of bladder cancer that has spread to other parts of the body include.

It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself. The abnormal growth of cells in the bladder wall. Tiredness or weakness pain when urinating difficulty urinating or inability to urinate pain in the lower back on one side of the body weight loss swollen feet bone pain.