What is Bladder Cancer ?
So what is bladder cancer ? To start you need to to know that the lifetime probability of developing invasive bladder cancer is 1 in 28 for men and 1 in 88 for women in the U.S. Bladder cancer has a high tendency toward multifocality at presentation and at recurrence after treatment. Bladder cancer is common worldwide. In rare cases, cancer spreads to the bladder muscle. The survival rate for bladder cancer is considered very good. ACS says if it’s discovered early, before it spreads, the five year survival rate is 94 percent. Ok, so let’s continue understanding more about what is bladder cancer? Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and ninth most common cancer in women, accounting for more than 60,000 new cases and ~12,000 deaths in North America in 2004. Cystoscopy and urinary cytology is the standard of care for detection of bladder cancer, [...]