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Cancer of the bladder; Malignant tumor of urinary bladder; Ureteral Cancer; Urinary Bladder Cancer | |
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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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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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Cancers as related to Bladder Cancer
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- Bladder Cancer: Cancers of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: Merck Manual ...
To make the diagnosis, a thin, flexible viewing tube (cystoscope) is inserted through the urethra into the bladder.
- Bladder cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- National Cancer Society Malaysia - Cancer Information
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- Bladder and Other Urothelial Cancers Screening - National Cancer ...
Expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for bladder cancer. ... Get More Information From NCI Changes To This Summary (03/13/2008) Questions or ...
- Bladder Cancer : Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Bladder Cancertreatment, services and resources at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee - a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in the southeast ...
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