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<h2>Understanding Bladder Cancer -&nbsp;An Introduction</h2>
The&nbsp;word cancer refers to changes in&nbsp;the&nbsp;body&#146;s cells that cause&nbsp;them to grow out of control.&nbsp;These cells can grow very fast&nbsp;and spread, eventually crowding out normal cells&nbsp;and damaging entire systems of&nbsp;the&nbsp;body.

Your bladder is a hollow&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000257523&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">organ</a>&nbsp;in the lower&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000045070&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">abdomen</a>. It stores&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046642&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">urine</a>, the liquid waste made by the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046325&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">kidneys</a>.

Your bladder is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046095&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">urinary tract</a>. Urine passes from each kidney into the bladder through a long tube called a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046638&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">ureter</a>. Urine leaves the bladder through a shorter tube (the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046640&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">urethra</a>).

The wall of the bladder has layers of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046683&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">tissue</a>:
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	<li><strong>Inner layer</strong>: The inner layer of tissue is also called the lining. As your bladder fills up with urine, the transitional cells on the surface stretch. When you empty your bladder, these cells shrink.</li>
	<li><strong>Middle layer</strong>: The middle layer is muscle tissue. When you empty your bladder, the muscle layer in the bladder wall squeezes the urine out of your body.</li>
	<li><strong>Outer layer</strong>: The outer layer covers the bladder. It has fat,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000344349&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">fibrous</a>&nbsp;tissue, and blood vessels.</li>
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Bladder location in men

<img alt="This picture shows the bladder and nearby organs in a man" src="http://www.cancer.gov/PublishedContent/Images/images/documents/cddc0d3e-4fdc-4332-8f6b-1d6136ffdd5f/clip_image004.jpg" width="321" height="271">

Bladder location in women

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<h2>Symptoms</h2>
Bladder cancer may cause these common symptoms:
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	<li>Finding blood in your urine (which may make the urine look rusty or darker red)</li>
	<li>Feeling an urgent need to empty your bladder</li>
	<li>Having to empty your bladder more often than you used to</li>
	<li>Feeling the need to empty your bladder without results</li>
	<li>Needing to strain (bear down) when you empty your bladder</li>
	<li>Feeling pain when you empty your bladder</li>
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These symptoms may be caused by bladder cancer or by other health problems, such as an infection. People with these symptoms should tell their doctor so that problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.

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<h2>Treatment</h2>
Treatment options for people with bladder cancer are&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000045570&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">surgery</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000045214&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">chemotherapy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000045617&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">biological therapy</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000044971&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">radiation therapy</a>. You may receive more than one type of treatment.

The treatment that&#146;s right for you depends mainly on the following:
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	<li>The location of the tumor in the bladder</li>
	<li>Whether the tumor has invaded the muscle layer or tissues outside the bladder</li>
	<li>Whether the tumor has spread to other parts of the body</li>
	<li>The grade of the tumor</li>
	<li>Your age and general health</li>
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You may have a team of specialists to help plan your treatment. Your doctor may refer you to a specialist, or you may ask for a referral. You may want to see a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046643&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">urologist</a>, a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000044306&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">surgeon</a>&nbsp;who specializes in treating problems in the urinary tract. Other specialists who treat bladder cancer include&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000044307&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">urologic oncologists</a>&nbsp;(surgeons who specialize in cancers of the urinary tract),&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=CDR0000046290&amp;version=Patient&amp;language=English">medical oncologists</a>, and radiation oncologists.
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