
Morphologic characteristics of the urothelial bladder tumors
Author(s) -
R. Radosavljevic,
Hadzi Djokić J,
M. Acimovic,
T. Pejcic,
C. Tulić,
Zoran Džamić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0704101r
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , urothelial cancer , incidence (geometry) , pathogenesis , urinary bladder , cancer , disease , urinary system , urinary bladder cancer , pathology , urology , oncology , gynecology , physics , optics
Cancer of the urinary bladder is the fourth most common cancer in men and the ninth in women. Approximately 67,000 people (50,000 males and 17,000 females) develop bladder cancer each year in the United States, and 13,750 individuals (9,630 males and 4,120 females) are expected to die from it. In the showing of the morphologic characteristics of the tumors, authors underlining the increasing of the incidence, pathogenesis, premalignant lesions and the risk factors of disease.