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Also known as tumor of the bladder, urinary bladder cancer, malignant tumor of urinary bladder, malignant neoplasm of urinary bladder, malignant urinary bladder tumor, cancer of the urinary bladder,

Key facts

Specialty: Oncology , urology
Symptoms: Blood in the urine
Usual onset: Age 65 or older
Types: Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), metastatic bladder cancer
Risk factors: Tobacco smoking , exposure to certain toxic chemicals, schistosomiasis infection
Diagnostic method: Cystoscopy with tissue biopsy
Treatment: Transurethral resection (TURBT), chemotherapy , BCG vaccine , immunotherapy , radical cystectomy , molecular-targeted therapies
Prognosis: Five-year survival rates range from 5% to 96% depending on the stage
Frequency: Around 500,000 each year
Deaths: Around 200,000 each year