膀胱癌是什么？

膀胱癌是指任何的几种类型的恶性增生的膀胱。它是在其中异常细胞繁殖无控制在膀胱疾病。

膀胱是空心、肌肉的器官，存储尿；它坐落在骨盆。膀胱癌的最常见类型开始衬砌的膀胱内的细胞，叫做移行细胞癌 (有时尿路上皮癌)。

在美国，膀胱癌症是第四最常见类型的癌症男性和女性第九最常见的癌症。

多个 50,000 16,000 男女是每年确诊患膀胱癌。

其发病率在男性中的一个原因是雄激素受体，这是女性比男性更多活动，在癌症的发展中扮演了一个重要组成部分。

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