Men are more likely to develop bladder cancer than women are.
Cancer thin bladder wall.
Invasive bladder tumors can range from t2 spread to the main muscle wall below the lining all the way to t4 tumor spreads beyond the bladder to nearby organs or the pelvic side wall.
Whereabouts are u in uk are u at a hospital that deals with a lot of bladder cancer.
In either case the cancer is only in the inner lining layer of the bladder.
Take care claire x.
27 apr 2011 9 38 am.
The cancer has grown through the inner lining of your bladder but not the muscle of your bladder wall nor has it spread to your lymph nodes or distant organs.
Noncancerous benign tumors include papillomas.
We changed after the perforation and it has made so much difference to hubby s treatment plan.
Exposure to certain chemicals.
Over time they can spread deeper into the other layers.
Lymph node involvement ranges from n0 no cancer in lymph nodes to n3 cancer in many lymph nodes or in one or more bulky lymph nodes larger than 5 cm.
Bladder cancer is the growth of abnormal or cancerous cells on the inner lining of the bladder wall.
Most bladder cancers are detected at early stages when the tumor has not spread outside the bladder and treatments are successful.
As the cancer grows through the layers of the bladder wall it becomes harder to treat.
Abnormal tissue growth in the bladder wall causes tumors to grow and the wall to thicken.
The transitional epithelium on the picture is the lining layer where most bladder cancers start.
Hi everyone my name is annette nickname snettie don t ask i was diagnosed with bladder cancer on march the 8th following a short period of gross heamaturia following the diagnosis on the 25th march 2011 i had my first turb.
For some cases viruses may be the cause of these growths.
It has not invaded spread deeper into the bladder wall.
Bladder cancer risk increases as you age.
Advice please on superficial bladder cancer and thin bladder wall.
I havent heard of a thin bladder wall making muscle invasion more likely and have also read that women s bladders are thinner in general.
This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.
Bladder cancer usually starts in the lining or inner layer of the bladder wall.