Bladder Cancer

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Bladder cancer (click on one)

Introduction

Causes and statistics

Pathology and tumor growth behavior

Symptoms of bladder cancer

Diagnostic tests

Staging

Treatment

Newer treatments

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Introduction:

In 1995 bladder cancer was newly diagnosed in 50,000 U.S. citizens (37,000 males and 13,000 females) and 10,000 died in that year from this dreaded disease (7,500 males and 2,500 females). In men bladder cancer accounts for about 2% of all cancers, which is about 7% of all urinary tract cancers.

The bladder is an organ with a lot of blood vessels and blood flow in its tissues. This along with early invasion of the muscle layer of the bladder wall is the reason for the poor longterm outcome even to this day (Ref. 1) with bladder cancer. Click in the table for links regarding causes, pathology, symptoms of bladder cancer, diagnostic tests, staging and treatment.

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References:

1. Cancer: Principles&Practice of Oncology. 5th edition, volume 1. Edited by Vincent T DeVita, Jr. et al. Lippincott-Raven Publ., Philadelphia,PA, 1997.

2. Cancer: Principles &Practice of Oncology, 4^th edition, by V.T. De Vita,Jr., et al. J.B. Lippincott Co.,Philadelphia,1993. Chapter 34, page 1054 (data from text arranged as a table).

3. M Simoneau et al. Oncogene 2000 Dec 19(54): 6317-6323.

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5. HW Herr J Clin Oncol 2001 Jan 1;19(1): 89-93.

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7. PM Dodd et al. J Clin Oncol 1999 Aug;17 (8): 2546- 2552.

8. B. Sears: "The age-free zone".Regan Books, Harper Collins, 2000.

9. Conn's Current Therapy 2004, 56th ed., Copyright © 2004 Elsevier

10. Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, 2004 ed., Copyright © 2004 Mosby, Inc