Bladder Cancer

       
       

 

The Bladder is a hollow structure (like a balloon) that sits in your pelvis and stores urine that it collects from your kidneys.  When your bladder is full urine is expelled through the ureters.

Symptoms: The sudden appearance of blood in your urine (known as Haematuria) without any cause can be a symptom of Bladder cancer.  The urine can appear anywhere from brown to deep red - depending on the volume of blood.  There usually isn't any pain unless the blood forms clots along the dispelling channels.

Other reasons for blood: If blood suddenly appears it may not necessarily be because you have cancer.  There are a lot of other conditions that cause this including (but not limited to) to infection and kidney stones.

Diagnosis: If you detect blood in your urine - make an appointment to see your doctor.  Your doctor will prescribe a blood test to check for infection and perform other tests such as checking your Rectum and vagina for women. A cytoscope may be used to "go inside" and locate growing tumours.  Your doctor may use the cytoscope to obtain a biopsy (sample of the growth).

Bladder Cancer: Superficial bladder cancers (most common type) are polyps growing on the inside lining of the bladder.  Your doctor may use a term "Papillary", "Papillomas" or "Bladder Warts" to describe it. They can occur individually or as a group.

Treatment: Bladder cancer tumors can be removed by cutting them and cauterizing the location of removal.  Cauterizing is a method of "burning" the location to prevent bleeding.  The procedure can be very simple and involve the use of a cytoscope.

 

 

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