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BASICS
Description
Bladder tumors encompass benign lesions, indolent low-grade, and aggressive high-grade malignancies.
Epidemiology
- 4th most common cancer in men, 12th most common cancer in women
- Male > Female (3:1)
- 2× more common in White than Black men
- 1.5× more common in White than Black women
- For malignant tumors: 70,980 new cases and 14,330 deaths in the US 2009 (1)
- Median age: 69 in men, 71 in women
- 9× the incidence
- 2nd most prevalent malignancy in middle aged and elderly men
Risk Factors