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Bladder cancer actually can be staged in two different stages. These are : 1. Clinical Stage : This is the stage in which the doctor has the best chance of diagonising the cancer. The diagonosis is usually done using the results obatined during routine medical check-ups or test aimed specifically at diagnosing cancer such as X-ray, cystoscopy, CT-scan etc. 2. Pathological stage : In this stage of bladder cancer, it becomes an imminent job to operate out the tumor. This stage, in addition to the test results that help to determine the progress of the disease during the clinical stage, provides additional tumor samples, that help the doctor’s to categorize the progress of the disease.

Different systems for staging of Bladder Cancer   : 1. The AJCC TNM staging system for bladder cancer : A system desinged to stage cancer helps the doctor’s to determine the spread of the cancer and take care and cure steps for the patient accordingly. An example of such a system is the AJCC TNM system. AJCC stands for American Joint Committee on Cancer and TNM stands for Tumor, Nodes, Metastasized. The TNM staging system conveys three main pieces of information about the patient’s disease. The letter “T” is followed by numbers or letters that show how much has the cancer grown. In case of bladder cancer it directly signifies how much the tumor has grown, and answers basic questions like, has the tumor penetrated the bladder wall, or whether it has spread to the nearby tissues. The higher the T-numbers, the greater is the spread of the tumor. This “T” method can be differentiated as under : Stage Name                     ...

Bladder Cancer Staging : There are different stages in which the bladder cancer is divided. The greater the stage number, the more advanced is the cancer. The following system of staging the bladder cancer is used internationally to stage the bladder cancer and devise a proper treatment plan. Stage 0 – This is the most initial stage of bladder cancer. The cases that are diagnosed in this stage are easily curable and donot show any signs of spread. The outlook of this stage is the best. In this stage the cancer has just started forming and are mainly present in the internal superficial layer of the bladder. Stage 1 – In this stage the cancerous cells have well spread throughout the internal surface of the bladder and are starting to spread to the outer wall of the bladder by penetrating the bladder. Although the cancerous cells have started penetrating the bladder, yet they are still not through the muscle layer of the bladder. Stage 2 – In this stage the cancerous cells h...