Bladder Cancer

Risk factors for bladder cancers include age, use of tobacco, occupation, infections, drug therapy for other cancers, race, being male, family history and personal history.

Symptoms of bladder cancer include blood in the urine, pain during urination and frequent urination, or a feeling of needing to urinate without results.

Follow the links below to find information on bladder cancer.

Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Bladder Cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder is a rarer type of bladder cancer. The majority of bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas that arise in the urinary tract epithelium and can also occur in parts of the kidney, ureter and urethra.
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Intravesical BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine for immunotherapy)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information by professional medical specialists on intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine for immunotherapy, one of the most commonly used immunotherapies used in bladder cancer treatment.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Bladder Cancer (Transitional cell carcinoma of the Bladder)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of bladder cancer by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Bladder cancer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bladder cancer can have symptoms including blood in the urine (wee) and a painful burning sensation on urination. Cigarette smoking is the most significant risk factor for bladder cancer.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Bladder cancer
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Learn more about bladder cancer, including treatment, testing, nutrition, support available, and more.
Date:   Jul 2007

Title:   Bladder cancer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A cross-section of the bladder showing a cancerous growth developing on the wall of the bladderand invading the bladder wall.
Date:   Aug 2003

Title:   Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Gu?rin versus mitomycin C for Ta and T1 bladder cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Men and women who have initially been treated with surgical removal the bladder lining containing cancer (transurethral resection of the bladder) for Ta (cancer that is contained within the tissue lining of the bladder) and T1 (more invasive but not int...
Date:   Apr 2003

Title:   Surgery versus radiotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bladder cancer is common worldwide. In rare cases, cancer spreads to the bladder muscle. A combination of surgery and radiation therapy (radiotherapy) is used to try to treat bladder cancer that has invaded the muscle. One treatment involves some radiot...
Date:   Aug 2001

Title:   Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin in Ta and T1 bladder cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Worldwide, bladder cancer is common in both men and women. In most cases, the cancer occurs in the superficial layers of the bladder and can be surgically removed. However, in many people the cancer returns. Drugs placed directly into the bladder tis...
Date:   Jul 2000

Title:   Neoadjuvant cisplatin for advanced bladder cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Worldwide, bladder cancer is common in both men and women. Local treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy (radiotherapy), or a combination of both can be used to try to treat advanced bladder cancer. Chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) can also be us...
Date:   Apr 1999
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