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Bladder cancer
Your bladder is a balloon-like part of your urinary system. It sits in your pelvis and has a muscular wall. It collects urine from your kidneys through tubes called ureters. When your bladder is full, the muscle wall squeezes the urine out of your body through a tube called the urethra.
Bladder cancer happens when the cells lining the bladder become abnormal and grow into a tumour. The cancer can just be in the lining of the bladder. It can also get into the deeper layers of the bladder such as the muscle wall.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
- Cancer Council of Australia – Understanding bladder cancer
This leaflet provides information about bladder cancer, its treatment and what to expect.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Adapted by the West Coast DHB. Page created April 2016.
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