Bladder Cancer Information
Bladder Cancer Information
Over 63,000 new cases per year in the United States; over a
half million people in the U.S. have had the disease
worldwide it accounts for 330,000 new cases and 100,000 deaths each year
highest rate of recurrence of any cancer, including skin cancer; 50-90% recurrence within 6-12 months
3 times higher incidence in men than women
women have a higher mortality rate – the five year survival rate of women is less than the ten year survival rate of men
women account for 1 in 4 new diagnoses, but they account for 1 in 3 bladder cancer deaths
diagnosis in women may be delayed because symptoms are misinterpreted or attributed to other causes
firefighters are particularly “at-risk” – 2 times the incidence than the general population
According to the National Cancer Institute, the prevalence of bladder cancer in the U.S. has surpassed that of lung cancer and:
among U.S. males, there are almost as many new cases as colon cancer
among U.S. women, the prevalence of bladder cancer (140,000) is similar to the number of women with cervical (184,000) and ovarian (159,000) cancers.
most common risk factor is smoking. Smokers are more than twice as likely to develop bladder cancer as nonsmokers. In the United States, smoking is estimated to be associated with about 50% of bladder cancer deaths among men and 30% among women.
occupational exposures to chemicals (aromatic amines) used in dry cleaning facilities and the production of dyes, paper, rope, apparel, rubber and petroleum products, combustion gases and soot from coal, chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, and chlorination by-products in heated water have been associated with increased risk for bladder cancer
most common symptom is blood in the urine, a condition referred to as hematuria
when diagnosed in its early stages, a five-year survival rate of 94%
when diagnosed at an advanced stage, the five-year survival rate can be less than 10%
25% of patients are diagnosed after the disease has become invasive or metastatic
2nd most common urologic malignancy in the United States
5th most common cancer in the United States
4th leading cause of cancer in men
Most common in men over 65 years
More than 13,000 deaths per year