What is Bladder?
Bladder is a muscular, balloon shaped hollow organ that stores urine (Urine is a fluid that contains water and waste soluble in water that are not required by our body). The kidney separates the waste product from our blood and passes it on to the bladder in order to throw it out of our body. Bladder Cancer: Bladder cancer is caused due to growth of carcinogen cells in the bladder. The lumps (nodules) developed inside the bladder can be malignant or benign. There are several types of bladder cancer namely Transitional Cell Carcinoma (which is a common type of bladder cancer. This type of cancer develops in the cells in the lining of the bladder walls), Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and glandular cell carcinoma known as Adenocarcinomas. Besides the types of bladder cancer, it is also classified based on the nature of tumor and the extent it has spread. The bladder cancer is called superficial bladder cancer if the tumor has not left the linings of bladder and has not yet spread to the other
