Blood in urine hematuria which may cause urine to appear bright red or cola colored though sometimes the urine.
Cancer of the bladder wall.
Most bladder cancers more than 90 percent start from the transitional cells which occupy the innermost lining of the bladder wall.
This lining is known as the transitional epithelium.
The signs and symptoms of bladder cancer that has spread to other parts of the body include.
The most common sites for bladder tumors are the posterior and lateral walls.
Frequent urination painful urination back pain.
This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.
It hasn t spread into the tissues or muscle of your bladder wall itself.
Bladder cancer signs and symptoms may include.
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.
Tiredness or weakness pain when urinating difficulty urinating or inability to urinate pain in the lower back on one side of the body weight loss swollen feet bone pain.
But it s done to help determine the extent of the cancer rather than to try to cure it.
Grown into the layer of connective tissue under the lining of the bladder wall t1 or into the muscle layer of the bladder wall t2 or into the layer of fatty tissue that surrounds the bladder t3a or t3b or it might have spread into the prostate seminal vesicles uterus or.
The superior wall is less frequently involved.
Transurethral resection turbt with fulguration is usually the first treatment for these cancers.
Low grade bladder cancer is less likelythan high grade bladder cancer to spread into the muscle wall of the bladder and beyond.
It hasn t spread to your lymph nodes or other organs.
The cancer has only grown into the center of your bladder.
Stage i bladder cancers have grown into the connective tissue layer of the bladder wall t1 but have not reached the muscle layer.
Cancerous malignant tumors tend to form first in the innermost lining of the bladder wall.
