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bladder cancer

bladder cancers

Definition: Malignant tumor of the bladder. Bladder cancer ranks fifth in cancer incidence in the Western Hemisphere and is a leading cause of death from genitourinary cancer, with 145,000 deaths annually worldwide (mostly vesical carcinomas).

Types:

- veiscal carcinomas
- vesical sarcomas
- vesical lymphomas
- vesical melanomas

See also

- Tumors