Hi everyone my name is annette nickname snettie don t ask i was diagnosed with bladder cancer on march the 8th following a short period of gross heamaturia following the diagnosis on the 25th march 2011 i had my first turb.
Cancer thin bladder wall.
This early stage of bladder cancer is most often treated with transurethral resection turbt with fulguration followed by intravesical therapy within 24 hours.
As the cancer grows through the layers of the bladder wall it becomes harder to treat.
Take care claire x.
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.
Whereabouts are u in uk are u at a hospital that deals with a lot of bladder cancer.
Bladder cancer is the growth of abnormal or cancerous cells on the inner lining of the bladder wall.
Abnormal tissue growth in the bladder wall causes tumors to grow and the wall to thicken.
Over time they can spread deeper into the other layers.
The cancer has grown through the inner lining of your bladder but not the muscle of your bladder wall nor has it spread to your lymph nodes or distant organs.
Lymph node involvement ranges from n0 no cancer in lymph nodes to n3 cancer in many lymph nodes or in one or more bulky lymph nodes larger than 5 cm.
Most bladder cancers are detected at early stages when the tumor has not spread outside the bladder and treatments are successful.
Bladder cancer risk increases as you age.
Advice please on superficial bladder cancer and thin bladder wall.
For some cases viruses may be the cause of these growths.
27 apr 2011 9 38 am.
Exposure to certain chemicals.
Men are more likely to develop bladder cancer than women are.
Bladder cancer usually starts in the lining or inner layer of the bladder wall.
Invasive bladder tumors can range from t2 spread to the main muscle wall below the lining all the way to t4 tumor spreads beyond the bladder to nearby organs or the pelvic side wall.
In either case the cancer is only in the inner lining layer of the bladder.
The transitional epithelium on the picture is the lining layer where most bladder cancers start.
We changed after the perforation and it has made so much difference to hubby s treatment plan.
It has not invaded spread deeper into the bladder wall.
Noncancerous benign tumors include papillomas.
