{"id":175,"date":"2013-10-01T23:05:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2013-10-01T23:06:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:06:28","slug":"bladder-cancer-staging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/bladder-cancer-staging\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bladder Cancer Staging?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bladder Cancer Staging<\/h1>\n<p>Bladder cancer is staged based on the degree (or depth) of involvement of bladder wall with cancerous growth and whether or not the cancer has spread beyond the bladder to surrounding organs and lymph nodes (metastatic disease).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[col type=&#8221;one-third&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-208\" alt=\"TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-150x150.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607-370x370.jpg 370w, http:\/\/www.dralexurology.com\/bladder-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/TCC_staging_shutterstock_89934607.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/col]<\/p>\n<p>[col type=&#8221;two-third last&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Ta = low risk bladder cancer that is limited to urothelium<\/p>\n<p>T1 = bladder cancer invading the submucosa<\/p>\n<p>T2 = bladder cancer invading the muscle layer of the bladder<\/p>\n<p>T3 = bladder cancer invading beyond the muscle of the bladder<\/p>\n<p>T4 = bladder cancer invading adjacent organs<\/p>\n<p>T1 high grade tumors often behave similar to T2 tumors and are treated similarly.<\/p>\n<p>CIS is considered a high risk tumor due to high risk of progression to more invasive disease<\/p>\n<p>[\/col]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bladder Cancer Staging Bladder cancer is staged based on the degree (or depth) of involvement of bladder wall with cancerous growth and whether or not the cancer has spread beyond the bladder to surrounding organs and lymph nodes (metastatic disease). &nbsp; [col type=&#8221;one-third&#8221;] [\/col] [col type=&#8221;two-third last&#8221;] Ta = low risk bladder cancer that is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Bladder Cancer Staging? 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