Hvad er Blærekræft?

Blærekræft refererer til enhver af flere typer af maligne vækster af urinblæren. Det er en sygdom, hvor unormale celler formerer sig uden kontrol i blæren.

Blæren er en hul, muskuløs organ, der gemmer urin, det er placeret i bækken. Den mest almindelige form for blærekræft begynder i celler foring indersiden af blæren og kaldes transitional cell carcinom (sommetider urothelial celle karcinom).

I USA er blærekræft den fjerde mest almindelige form for kræft hos mænd og den niende mest almindelige kræftform hos kvinder.

Mere end 50.000 mænd og 16.000 kvinder er diagnosticeret med blærekræft hvert år.

En årsag til den højere forekomst hos mænd er, at androgen receptoren, som er meget mere aktiv hos mænd end hos kvinder, spiller en stor rolle i udviklingen af kræft.

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