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About Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer, as the name suggests is the unwarranted and rapid distribution of abnormal cells in the bladder of a human body.
Cancer mainly forms in the line of the bladder, and then start spreading into the muscular areas in the walls of the bladder. In later stages of this form of cancer, cancer can also spread to other areas of the body such as the lymph nodes, the pelvis, liver, as kidney and lungs.
While the main cause of bladder cancer is still unknown, doctors say that the changes in genetic materials of the bladder cells along with habits like smoking and environmentally harmful chemicals can be major contributing factors.
This is precisely why research says that this form of cancer is twice more likely to develop in people who smoke frequently, compared to people who don’t smoke at all.
Coming to the symptoms of bladder cancer, the most common symptoms include painless blood discharge during urine, or painful urine, frequent urinary infections, urinating in small amounts frequently.
Other than these, there can be other symptoms too that indicate a more advanced stage of bladder cancer, and these include swelling in one’s lower legs, anemia, unprecedented weight loss, growth in the size of the pelvic mass, frequent pain in the lower back, near the area where kidneys are located. A person can also face some pain in their bones, as a symptom of this form of cancer.
The stages of bladder cancer range from 0 to IV, with 0 being early-stage and IV being quite an advanced stage.
Depending on the grade of cancer and its stage, alongside one’s lifestyle, as well as medical records, the doctor decides which form of treatment can be taken up to treat one’s bladder cancer. Like any other form of cancer, the chances of better treatment are more extensive if bladder cancer is diagnosed earlier.
Some of the forms of this treatment include surgery, in order to remove cancer from the affected area, chemotherapy – for destroying the cancer cells, before or after the surgery takes place, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy, by which one’s body’s own immunity attacks the cancer cells.
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