• Anatomical Overview
• Types of Cancer
• What is Cancer?

The bladder and brief anatomic descriptions
The bladder is a hollow, muscular, spherical organ which sits within the pelvis. Generally, its size correlates roughly to that of a large grapefruit, but in certain abnormal conditions, it can grow to much larger proportions. Its function is to collect and store the urine that has been made in the kidneys. continue discovery > > >

Types of bladder cancers
More than 90% of bladder cancers are derived from the transitional epithelium and are thus called transitional cell carcinoma(TCC). The following list will categorize TCC from its "pre-invasive" state, known as carcinoma in situ, to its more invasive state when it penetrates beneath the epithelium, and finally to the point when it has metastasized or spread to distant organs. In addition, a short discussion will be made of the non-TCC bladder cancers. continue discovery > > >

What is Cancer?
Each organ in the body-stomach, liver, kidney, bladder, even skin-is made up of millions of cells. Cells are constantly dividing to replace the old or damaged ones, so that there is a constant "cell turnover" taking place. Cell turnover is very important to keep organs functioning properly. continue discovery > > >