The truth about bladder cancer
Another article about what is cancer… For starters, each year, about 67,000 new cases of bladder cancer are expected, and about 13,000 people die from the disease in the USA bladder cancer affected three times more men than women. Women, however, often have more advanced tumors than men at the time of diagnosis. Bladder cancer can occur at any age but is most common in people over age 50. The average age at diagnosis is in the 60s. However, it is clear that appears to be a disease of aging, with people in their 80s and 90s of developing bladder cancer. First, the bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen (pelvis). It collects and stores urine produced by the kidneys. Cancer occurs when normal cells undergo a transformation whereby they grow and multiply without normal controls. As the cells multiply, they form an area of [...]