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.
It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs.
It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself.
This lining is known as the transitional epithelium.
Tiredness or weakness pain when urinating difficulty urinating or inability to urinate pain in the lower back on one side of the body weight loss swollen feet bone pain.
Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine.
The abnormal growth of cells in the bladder wall.
Grown into the layer of connective tissue under the lining of the bladder wall t1 or into the muscle layer of the bladder wall t2 or into the layer of fatty tissue that surrounds the bladder t3a or t3b or it might have spread into the prostate seminal vesicles uterus or.
Low grade bladder cancer is less likelythan high grade bladder cancer to spread into the muscle wall of the bladder and beyond.
The signs and symptoms of bladder cancer that has spread to other parts of the body include.
Transurethral resection turbt with fulguration is usually the first treatment for these cancers.
Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall.
But it s done to help determine the extent of the cancer rather than to try to cure it.
The median ageof diagnosis is 69 for men and 71 for women.
This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.
The most common sites for bladder tumors are the posterior and lateral walls.
The superior wall is less frequently involved.
Frequent urination painful urination back pain.
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.
