Cancer Of The Bladder Wall

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.

Cancer of the bladder wall.

Invasive cancers have grown into deeper layers of the bladder wall. Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine. It is usually discovered before it has spread past this lining. There are different types of bladder cancer.

They have not grown into the. Bladder cancer begins in the inner lining of the bladder. It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs. This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.

Bladder cancers are often described based on how far they have spread into the wall of the bladder. 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. Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall.

Non invasive cancers are only in the inner layer of cells the transitional epithelium. It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself. Frequent urination painful urination back pain. Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include.

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.