Cancer Of The Bladder Wall

Invasive cancers have grown into deeper layers of the bladder wall.

Cancer of the bladder wall.

Bladder cancers are often described based on how far they have spread into the wall of the bladder. Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include. Frequent urination painful urination back pain. They have not grown into the.

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. Risk factors for bladder cancer include. There are different types of bladder cancer. The cancer has only grown into the center of your bladder.

It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself. 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. Urothelial carcinoma formally known as transitional cell carcinoma is the most common form of bladder cancer 80 90 and starts in the urothelial cells in the bladder wall s innermost layer squamous cell carcinoma 1 2 begins in the thin flat cells that line the bladder. It is usually discovered before it has spread past this lining.

Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall. Cancer causing substances such as tobacco smoke and chemicals in the environment. Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine. Non invasive cancers are only in the inner layer of cells the transitional epithelium.

It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs.