Cancer Of The Bladder Wall

Invasive cancers have grown into deeper layers of the bladder wall.

Cancer of the bladder wall.

Frequent urination painful urination back pain. Risk factors for bladder cancer include. Bladder cancer begins in the inner lining of the bladder. It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs.

The cancer has only grown into the center of your bladder. 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. 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. This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.

Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine. There are different types of bladder cancer. Bladder cancers are often described based on how far they have spread into the wall of the bladder. It is usually discovered before it has spread past this lining.

Cancer causing substances such as tobacco smoke and chemicals in the environment. 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. 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.

Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include.