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Cancers of the Urinary Bladder, Ureters and Urethra

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Transitional cell epithelium (urothelium) lines the urinary tract from the calyces of the kidney to the urethra, including the ducts of the prostate. Transitional cell cancer (TCC) accounts for 95% of all urothelial tumours. Almost all TCC originates in the bladder as ureteral and urethral cancers are relatively rare. Bladder cancer of this type will be the subject of this chapter.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian, 1, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Umberto Veronesi (Direttore Generale) (Direttore Generale)

  2. Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Bo Arnesjø

  3. Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK

    Ian Burn

  4. Department of Urology, A.Z. Middelheim, Vrue Universiteit Brussel, Lindendreef 1, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Louis Denis

  5. Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, II facolta’, Università di Napoli, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Napoli, Italy

    Francesco Mazzeo

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Denis, L., Hall, R., Jakse, G. (1989). Cancers of the Urinary Bladder, Ureters and Urethra. In: Veronesi, U., Arnesjø, B., Burn, I., Denis, L., Mazzeo, F. (eds) Surgical Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72646-0_59

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