Bladder cancer

Last revised by Matt A. Morgan on 24 May 2021

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Niknejad M, Adams M, et al. Bladder cancer. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 16 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68366

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68366

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/68366

rID:

68366

Article created:

28 May 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

24 May 2021, Matt A. Morgan ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Matt A. Morgan had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

5 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital, Oncology

Synonyms:

Bladder cancers
Urinary bladder cancer
Urinary bladder cancers
Primary cancer of the bladder
Bladder carcinoma
Bladder carcinomas
Urinary bladder carcinoma
Urinary bladder carcinomas
Carcinoma of urinary bladder

Bladder cancer is a broad term used to describe all types of cancers affecting the urinary bladder:

transitional cell carcinoma (urinary bladder): most common primary neoplasm of the bladder
squamous cell carcinoma (urinary bladder): accounts for around 3-8% of all bladder cancers
adenocarcinoma (urinary bladder): accounts for around 1% of all bladder cancers
small cell carcinoma (urinary bladder): extremely rare

Staging

The Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) scoring system was created in 2018 to standardise imaging and reporting of bladder cancer staging with multiparametric MRI ¹.