How to stage bladder cancer?

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The staging and grading of bladder cancer may involve more content, such a disease will undoubtedly affect their normal work and study, but the staging and grading of bladder cancer is of great significance to the planning of treatment plan for patients with bladder cancer, and has a clear indication for patients and their families to recognize the severity of the disease. Let me share with you how to stage bladder cancer?.

How to stage bladder cancer?

First: Grade I (grade G1, well differentiated papillary carcinoma): most of the cancer tissues are papillary, with thick and irregular papillae. They often adhere to each other. It can grow in any part of the bladder mucosa, mostly in the triangle area of the bladder, around the ureteral orifice and the lateral wall of the bladder. Most of them are single, a few are multiple, with slender pedicle and slender nipple branches. The nipple is easy to break and cause bleeding.

Second: Grade II (G2 grade, moderately differentiated papillary carcinoma): the cancer tissue is papillary or cauliflower shaped, the nipple is thick, short and blunt, and its surface is often necrotic and ulcerative. It often invades the adjacent mucosa and muscle layer.

Third: Grade III (G3, poorly differentiated papillary carcinoma): the tumor presents the characteristics of malignant tumor, most of the tumors have no pedicle or form cauliflower shape, and the tumor surface has necrosis and ulcer.

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The grading of bladder cancer is based on the differentiation of bladder cancer cells. The higher the differentiation of bladder cancer cells, the lower the malignancy and the lower the grade of bladder cancer; Conversely, the lower the degree of differentiation of cancer cells, the higher the degree of malignancy and the higher the grade of tumor.