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A pelvic exam is an important part of evaluating bladder cancer, and all women should have a proper pelvic exam during the initial visit. The pelvic exam helps to determine the stage of the tumor....

Cystoscopy refers to the direct visual examination of the inside of the bladder using a small telescope called a cystoscope. The cystoscope has a light at the tip to illuminate the bladder. There is a...

Most patients who are being evaluated for bladder cancer are referred because of gross or microscopic blood in the urine. Others may have irritative voiding symptoms such as frequency, urgency, or pain. Finally, some may...

Gross hematuria (visible blood in the urine) can be caused by several things other than cancer. A urinary tract infection, a kidney stone, a bladder stone, chronic irritation in the bladder, many kidney diseases, and...

One of the most common  signs of bladder cancer is blood in the urine (hematuria). In the majority of cases, this includes microscopic amounts of blood that can only be picked up by the laboratory...

Is There Anything I Can Do To Keep It From Coming Back? The prevention of bladder tumor recurrences is a combined effort between you and your physician. All of the risk factors for getting bladder...

Urachal carcinoma is an uncommon type of bladder cancer. At the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of the largest centers in the world, only 42 cases of urachal carcinoma were seen during a 16-year period....

Dysplasia is not well studied, but it is not thought to be dangerous. It represents an in-between category that is neither normal nor cancerous. Approximately one third of patients with pure dysplasia will have irritative...

Dysplasia is a description of the appearance of cells under the microscope. They do not appear normal, but they also do not have the usual hallmarks of cancer. It is often found nearby either carcinoma...

Carcinoma in situ of the bladder is a type of cancer. Carcinoma in situ in other parts of the body, such as the prostate, cervix, or testicle, is thought to be a premalignant condition, but...

When we refer to someone as being “cured” of a dis-ease, we generally mean that the disease is gone forever and will not recur. When we refer to a person’s cancer as cured, we generally...

Bladder cancer is not contagious. It cannot be transmit-ted from person to person. You cannot spread it to your family or friends, and they cannot catch it from you. As we just mentioned, however, family...

People who have family members with bladder cancer do have a slightly increased risk of developing bladder cancer themselves. The increased risk is usually because people who live together are exposed to similar amounts of...

The overall chance of developing bladder cancer during your lifetime is 3% to 4%. This type of number, however, lumps the entire world into one group. In order to create a more meaningful number, researchers...

The risk of developing bladder cancer appears to corre-late with fat and cholesterol intake. Some studies have suggested that eating a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet that is high in fruits and vegetables may decrease your risk...

There are several known risk factors for bladder cancer. By far the biggest cause of bladder cancer in the United States is cigarette smoking. Other risk factors are exposure to aniline dyes, recurrent urinary tract...

As we alluded to previously here, not everyone has the same risk of developing cancer. By studying the characteristics of patients who have bladder cancer, researchers have been able to identify groups of people who...

Absolutely! Some risk factors, such as your genes,can-not be changed. Many more, however, can be changed. Cigarette smoking is the biggest risk factor for getting bladder cancer. If you are a smoker, the most important...

Cancer, including bladder cancer, develops because of changes in the DNA of a normal cell. DNA can be damaged by chemical exposures such as cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals, chemotherapy, and so forth.  Environmental exposures such...

Yes. There are two broad types of cancers in the bladder: primary and metastatic. Primary bladder cancers are those that begin in the bladder itself. Metastatic cancers are those that originated in another organ and...

Cancer is one of the major causes of death and  disease throughout the world. If all types of cancer are combined,it ranks as the second leading cause of death in the United States today behind...

Bladder cancer is a malignant overgrowth of the cells of the bladder. Most commonly, the growth occurs in cells that are in the urothelium. The lining of most hollow spaces in the body is made...

To understand  cancer, we must first understand nor-mal functioning of the body. The body is made up of billions of cells. Each organ of the body is made up of several different types of specialized...

Yes. You can live without a bladder. However, you still need something that can perform the two basic functions of the bladder: storing and emptying of urine. Physicians have come up with many ways over...

The  bladder is the container in the body that stores urine. The other term for bladder is “vesical,” which is derived from the Latin word vesicular. The bladder is a soft, round structure that is...