Bladder Cancer Stories
Bladder cancer starts when cells that make up the urinary bladder start to grow out of control. As more cancer cells develop, they can form a tumor and, with time, spread to other parts of the body.
Bladder cancers are often described based on how far they have spread into the wall of the bladder:
- Non-invasive: tumors in a small section of tissue or cancer that’s only on or near the surface of your bladder.
- Non-muscle-invasive: moved deeper into your bladder but hasn’t spread to muscle.
- Muscle-invasive: has grown into bladder wall muscle and may have spread into the fatty layers or tissues on organs outside of your bladder.
Bladder Cancer Stories
Margo W.
1st Symptoms: Blood in urine
Treatment: Chemotherapy (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin) and radical cystectomy
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More Information About Bladder Cancer
For more information about Bladder Cancer and additional patients stories visit the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s (BCAN) website.
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