Cancer Thin Bladder Wall

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.

Cancer thin bladder wall. It has not invaded spread deeper into the bladder wall. For some cases viruses may be the cause of these growths. Bladder cancer is the growth of abnormal or cancerous cells on the inner lining of the bladder wall. I havent heard of a thin bladder wall making muscle invasion more likely and have also read that women s bladders are thinner in general.

Men are more likely to develop bladder cancer than women are. Abnormal tissue growth in the bladder wall causes tumors to grow and the wall to thicken. Exposure to certain chemicals. Noncancerous benign tumors include papillomas.

Invasive bladder tumors can range from t2 spread to the main muscle wall below the lining all the way to t4 tumor spreads beyond the bladder to nearby organs or the pelvic side wall. Over time they can spread deeper into the other layers. Bladder cancer risk increases as you age. We changed after the perforation and it has made so much difference to hubby s treatment plan.

Advice please on superficial bladder cancer and thin bladder wall. The cancer has grown through the inner lining of your bladder but not the muscle of your bladder wall nor has it spread to your lymph nodes or distant organs. Bladder cancer usually starts in the lining or inner layer of the bladder wall. This early stage of bladder cancer is most often treated with transurethral resection turbt with fulguration followed by intravesical therapy within 24 hours.

In either case the cancer is only in the inner lining layer of the bladder. Take care claire x. Whereabouts are u in uk are u at a hospital that deals with a lot of bladder cancer. Most bladder cancers are detected at early stages when the tumor has not spread outside the bladder and treatments are successful.

Hi everyone my name is annette nickname snettie don t ask i was diagnosed with bladder cancer on march the 8th following a short period of gross heamaturia following the diagnosis on the 25th march 2011 i had my first turb. As the cancer grows through the layers of the bladder wall it becomes harder to treat. Though it can occur at any age most people diagnosed with bladder cancer are older than 55. This type of cancer has cells that are closer in appearance and organization to normal cells well differentiated.