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Bladder Cancer,Causes And Its Treatments

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Bladder cancer is caused as a result of growth of carcinogen cells in the bladder. The lumps (nodules) developed inside the bladder can be benign or malignant. 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 part.

The bladder cancer is called invasive cancer if it has started spreading to the muscle walls of the bladder (This type of cancer has more probability of spreading to the other parts of body.

What should Wives know about Prostate Cancer?
First, wives should know that prostate cancer is extremely common. Also, it is usually a slow-growing cancer, which means that symptoms oftentimes do not appear until the cancer is in more advanced stages.

Prostate cancer is also curable, and the earlier it is detected, the better the long-term chance of cure. This is why women must encourage the men in their lives to get screened annually for prostate cancer--early detection and the choice of treatment are the keys to cure of prostate cancer.

Causes

There are various factors leading to this type of cancer. First and foremost; it is caused with the growing age of a person. Secondly; people with excessive intake of fried meat and animal fat, in daily diet, have a great risk of suffering from this form of cancer.

Smoking increases chances of bladder cancer. Then there are chemicals too responsible for bladder cancer.

People working in industries dealing with aromatic amines are common sufferers of this problem. Moreover individuals working in leather industry, dyes, textiles, rubber, hair coloring, and paint too are at a risk.

There are others who under weight loss programme consume a Chinese herb known as “aristolochai fangchi” which is supposed to be causing bladder cancer.

The main cause of bladder cancer is tobacco smoking. Smoking is responsible for over half of the cancer of the bladder cases. Cigarette smoke contains carcinogens such as benzidine and 2-Naphthylamine which are responsible for the disease.

Smoking, gender, and diet can affect the risk of developing bladder cancer. Bladder carcinomas are also associated with industrial exposure to aromatic amines in dyes, paints, benzedine, nitrates, solvents, leather dust, inks, combustion products, rubber, and textiles.

There is currently limited evidence that diet plays a part in the development of bladder cancer, but a diet high in fruit and vegetables and low in fat may help reduce the risk.

Urinary infections, kidney and bladder stones, and other causes of chronic bladder irritation have been linked with bladder cancer (especially squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder), but they do not necessarily cause bladder cancer.

Treatments

Recognizing these symptoms is very important for you and your husband. He may think that his frequent urination is due to "middle/old age" and may dismiss his symptoms as just that. You should know that these symptoms can be very serious.

It is much more common for a man who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer to not have any symptoms at all. In fact, if a man does have these symptoms, more likely than not, his prostate cancer has progressed.

This further illustrates why it is critical for a man to be screened annually--remember, early detection and the choice of treatment are the two biggest factors in being cured of this disease.

Prostate cancer, since it is so often present in men, is usually screened for in physical exams for men age 50 and older. But men in their 40s can also get prostate cancer, so don't think your husband's age necessarily precludes him from developing this disease.

In fact, African-American men, and men that have a family history of prostate cancer should begin their annual screenings at age 40.

Though these symptoms are not very typical of bladder cancer but nevertheless one is expected to go to an urologist with any kind of bladder infection. However in bladder cancer the symptoms are not visible till in a later stage of infection. This proves to be very risky as it is a well known fact that any tumor at late stages is difficult to cure.