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Tumour Progression in Superficial Bladder Cancer

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Superficial bladder cancer can be considered as two separate clinical entities, one with a biological potential for invasion and progression, the other without this potential (Wolf et al. 1986). At presentation, superficial bladder cancer is either non-invasive (Ta) or invasive (T1). In addition to tumour category (T stage), there are other features which may predict the future course of the disease. The other type of superficial bladder cancer is intraepithelial neoplasia (carcinoma in situ, cis) which often develops into muscle invasive disease. An understanding of the behaviour of cis, Ta and T1 bladder cancer and the factors which may modify tumour progression is important for the proper care of patients. The most important question is to try to determine the risk of future tumour progression to muscle invasion or metastatic disease.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Wolf, H. (1994). Tumour Progression in Superficial Bladder Cancer. In: Neal, D.E. (eds) Tumours in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2086-5_3

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