Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer's disease overview

What is

bladder cancer?

  • Bladder cancer is a cancer that occurs in the bladder- an empty organ located in the lower abdomen with the function of urine discharged by the kidneys.
  • The inside of the bladder wall is the mucosa layer made of transition cells and scaled cells. About 90% of bladder cancer comes from transition cells, called transition carcinoma. Only about 8% of bladder cancer is scales.

    • Causes of Bladder cancer's disease

  • Causes of bladder cancer so far is not completely clear, there are cases of bladder cancer that has not found the cause.

    • Bladder cancer is related to smoking, exposure to radiation, parasitic infection, contact with chemicals. The nature of bladder cancer is the cells in the bladder mutated. Normal cells will grow abnormally, uncontrolled and formed tumors at the bladder.

    Symptoms of Bladder cancer's disease

    Bladder cancer symptoms are often difficult to identify. However, there are signs that can help patients detect the disease early to promptly go to the medical facility to visit as follows:

  • tired, thin, anorexia

    • Bloody is the most common sign. Hematoma in each batch, great blood, whole beach.

  • Pain when urinating
  • urinating, difficult urine, untrusting urine, dark urine: these are the first symptoms, because the bladder is irritated or reduced volume. P>

    • Symptoms of urinary tract infections, urinary tract obstruction due to tumors invasive or blood clots.

    In the late stage of bladder cancer, cancer cells have metastasized far away, the following manifestations will appear:

  • back pain
  • Pain on the pubic bone
  • Pain
  • Pain of life.

    • Bone pain

  • Headache

    • People at risk for Bladder cancer's disease

    Like the cause of the disease, the weakness of the bladder cancer has not been clearly studied. Some common risk factors leading to bladder cancer are:

  • Older people are at higher risk of bladder cancer than young people.

    • White skin is more likely to have a risk of bladder cancer than other racial people.

  • Men are more likely to have bladder cancer than women.

    • Family history of people with bladder cancer is weak at risk of the disease.

    People who have bladder cancer are also likely to recur due to treatment of anti -cancer drugs Cyclophosphamide, increasing the risk of bladder cancer.

    Smokers are at risk of bladder cancer two to three times higher than those who do not smoke.

  • Occupation is susceptible to cancer such as rubber, chemical, leather, hairdresser, metalist, printer, weaver, truck driver. These are frequent exposure industries with cancer substances.

    • People with parasitic infections are also at risk of bladder cancer. In addition, chronic cystitis, urinary tract infections recur a lot or use long -term urinary tract catheter that also causes bladder cancer. >

    Prevention of Bladder cancer's disease

    To prevent bladder cancer, it is necessary to do the following:

  • No smoking
  • avoid exposure to new chemicals and water sources
  • Drink plenty of water every day.
  • Reasonable diet with many green vegetables and fruits.
  • Periodic health examination.

    • Diagnostic measures for Bladder cancer's disease

    For diagnosis of bladder cancer, the following methods are needed:

  • Urine testing for cancer cells.

    • Blinds: Use an endoscopy tube to put into the urethra to look at.

  • Biopsy: Biopsy is performed during the bladder scanning to get a small tissue sample to look at.
  • Venous angiography: The patient is injected with a vein, then the kidneys are discharged and to the bladder. At this time, X -ray will see the abnormal images of the bladder.
  • Can be taken to observe the urinary tract and the surrounding tissue.

    • How to detect bladder cancer early?

    Bladder cancer's disease treatments

    The treatment of bladder cancer is now very effective, the disease can be easily cured if we detect and treat at an early stage. There are methods to treat bladder cancer today such as:

    Surgery to treat bladder cancer

    is a common treatment for bladder cancer. Surgical surgery includes: Urethredia cancer removal, partial bladder removal, thorough bladder removal, adjacent lymph nodes, part of the urethra ... for men It is possible to have surgery to remove the prostate, seminal vesicles and part of the tube, women cut uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and a part of the vagina.

    Chemotherapy

    put chemicals into the body to fight cancer cells. Can combine drugs to treat patients. Chemical treatment can be treated individually or in combination with both surgery and radiation. If the bladder cancer is still on the surface, the patient will be put into the bladder after surgery to remove the bladder tumor through the urethra.Radiation therapy

    radiation therapy before surgery to reduce tumor size.

    Radiation therapy after surgery to eradicate cancer cells.

    Patients who do not have surgery are conducted, including radiation therapy and external radiation.

    In addition, bladder cancer is also treated with a number of other methods such as: Biological treatment (immunotherapy): This method is applied after surgery to remove tumors through the urethra with tumor. On the bladder surface, use the available immune system to fight cancer cells. This is a measure to prevent the recurrence of bladder cancer.

    See also:

  • Understand the methods of bladder cancer treatment
  • complications of cystitis
  • Surgery to cut the entire bladder in the treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer

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