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Cancer of the bladder; Malignant tumor of urinary bladder; Ureteral Cancer; Urinary Bladder Cancer |
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The bladder is a hollow organ in the lower part of the abdomen. It is shaped like a small balloon and has a muscular wall that allows it to get larger or smaller. The bladder stores urine until it is passed out of the body. Urine is the liquid waste that is made by the kidneys when they clean the blood. The urine passes from the two kidneys into the bladder through two tubes called ureters. When the bladder is emptied during urination, the urine goes from the bladder to the outside of the body t... 
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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by migration of cells to distant sites (metastasis). This unregulated growth is caused by a series of acquired or inherited mutations to DNA within cells, damaging genetic information that define the cell functions and removing normal control of cell division. ...
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Bladder Cancer as related to Cancers
- Bladder cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As with most cancers, the exact causes of bladder cancer are not known; however, many risk factors are associated with this disease. Chief among them are smoking, followed by exposure to certain ...
- Bladder Cancer Home Page - National Cancer Institute
Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that normally make up the inner lining of the bladder). Other types include squamous cell carcinoma (cancer that ...
- Bladder Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
Screening for Bladder and Other Urothelial Cancers; Unusual Cancers of Childhood; Smoking, gender, and diet can affect the risk of developing bladder cancer.
- UrologyHealth.org - Adult Conditions - Cancers - Bladder ...
What causes bladder cancer? The ways in which bladder cancers develop and progress are only partly understood. However, a number of substances that cause the cancers to develop have been identified ...
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Bladder cancer
In third world countries, infection with a parasite (schistosomiasis) has been linked to the development of bladder cancer. Bladder cancers are classified or staged based on their aggressiveness and ...
- MedlinePlus: Bladder Cancer
Prevention/Screening; Bladder and Other Urothelial Cancers (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute) Health Check Tools; Bladder Cancer Risk Questionnaire (Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention)
- Bladder Cancer: Cancers of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: Merck Manual ...
An estimated 54,300 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed every year in the United States. About 2½ times as many men as women develop bladder cancer.
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: Bladder Cancer
... Cancers > Bladder Cancer : Bladder Cancer Many people may not have heard of bladder cancer, but it's actually ...
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: Cancers
Bladder Cancer ... Cancers Great strides have been made over the past 25 year in identifying the causes of cancer.
- Bladder Cancer Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Treatment on ...
Understanding bladder cancer Cancer is a group of many related diseases. All cancers begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life. Cells make up tissues, and tissues make up the organs of the ...
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