Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer is often highly treatable when found early. Symptoms can include painless blood in the urine. Frequency and painful urination may also be present. The exact cause is unknown, but several risk factors have been found. Treatments may include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
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Bladder cancer is the rapid, uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the bladder. Cancer usually begins in the lining of the bladder. The cancerous cells may spread through the lining into the muscular wall of the bladder.
Invasive bladder cancer may spread to lymph nodes, other organs in the pelvis (causing problems with kidney and bowel function), or other organs in the body, such as the liver and lungs.
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