Cancer Of The Bladder Wall

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.

Cancer of the bladder wall.

Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include. Urothelial carcinoma formally known as transitional cell carcinoma is the most common form of bladder cancer 80 90 and starts in the urothelial cells in the bladder wall s innermost layer squamous cell carcinoma 1 2 begins in the thin flat cells that line the bladder. They have not grown into the. It is usually discovered before it has spread past this lining.

Risk factors for bladder cancer include. Bladder cancer is an uncontrolled abnormal growth and multiplication of cells in the urinary bladder which have broken free from the normal mechanisms that keep uncontrolled cell growth in check. Invasive cancers have grown into deeper layers of the bladder wall. Frequent urination painful urination back pain.

Non invasive cancers are only in the inner layer of cells the transitional epithelium. This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated. It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs. Cancer causing substances such as tobacco smoke and chemicals in the environment.

It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself. Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine. Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall. Bladder cancer begins in the inner lining of the bladder.

Bladder cancers are often described based on how far they have spread into the wall of the bladder.