Open AccessUrothelial cancers of the bladder in young people
Author(s) -
Sladjana Zivkovic,
Ljubinka Janković Veličković,
Desanka Tasic-Dimov,
Miloš Kostov,
Nebojša Stojanović
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0305621z
Subject(s) - medicine , urothelial carcinoma , urology , bladder tumor , oncology , bladder cancer , cancer
Tumors of the bladder, particularly urothelial carcinoma (UC) are very rare malignant diseases in young people. They mostly occur in elder persons of male gender. We present 8 patients below 35 years of age, (average age 24.7), in whom the presence of UC was verified. The main symptom was total or terminal hematuria. The results showed that 5 patients had low-risc group of tumors (G1, pTa), while 3 tumors were of medium-risk group (G2, pT1). We concluded that UC in young people was low-grade and non-invasive. However, for better evaluation it was necessary to observe patients for longer period of time.