Epithelial Cancer

Emily  on August 2nd, 2010

If the tumor has spread to the bladder, it will highly likely effect the kidneys, which can cause them to fail. This would be a stage 4, because death is almost certain in the patient.

To find out the current size of the tumor, you would need to X-ray,CAT scan, or do an MRI. I am not entirely sure of your last question. I am going to assume that you are asking for the symptoms to this kind of issue. Major symptoms would be kidney, and other organ failure, while smaller symptoms can be weight loss, vomiting,vertigo, and fainting.

Denisedds  on August 2nd, 2010

You need to be more specific. What is the primary site? There is no way to answer you without knowing this. If the primary site is the bladder the most frequent symptom is hematuria (95%) often it is the only symptom. The second most common is bladder irritability. A TURBT allows the doctor to see the tumor directly and to evaluate the entire bladder. They can often determine how much the cancer has spread and the tumor size or how many tumors there are, as bladder cancer often has multiple tumors. During this procedure the tumor(s) are resected and sent to pathology. The pathologist will give the histology, most are transitional cell carcinomas and will state the depth of invasion as best they can. If the tumor invaded the subepithelial tissues it is a T1 tumor and a stage 1 cancer. If the primary site is not the bladder you are going to have to say what it is.