Bladder cancer is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the bladder, the balloon like organ that stores urine.
Bladder cancer begins in the lining of the bladder. In 70 percent to 80 percent of people with bladder cancer, the cancer is discovered when it is still a limited, superficial problem. These superficial bladder cancers usually appear as an isolated patch of abnormal cells on the bladder lining or as an odd fingerlike projection along the bladder's inner wall. Less...
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