Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in Canada.
While most patients present with transitional cell carcinoma, few present with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Risk factors for SCC include a history of chronic urinary tract infection, urothelial inflammation and indwelling catheters. We present the management of a patient with locally advanced SCC of the bladder.
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D'souza N, Morton G, Chung HT. Are you the author?
Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Reference: Can Urol Assoc J. 2012 Jun;6(3):E125-8.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.11057
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22709884
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