Bladder Cancer

The majority of people acknowledge and sympathize with Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the presidential candidate, John Edwards. Hers is the story of successful recovery from the primary breast cancer, only to wake up a few years later to find out the cancer had metastasized to her bone and to her liver. We have additionally learned that although the metastasized cancer can be treated, there no longer is any hope of cure.

Bladder cancer is characterized by an overgrowth of abnormal cells in the bladder (a hollow pelvic organ that stores urine). Unlike healthy cells, which divide and grow in an organized manner, cancer cells continue to divide in an uncontrolled fashion until they form a mass called a tumor.