Histopathological Profile of Bladder Tumors at Tertiary Care Centre in Kashmir - A Comprehensive Six Year Study

Urinary bladder (or bladder) cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with the highest incidence in industrialized countries. A total of 355 cases of urinary bladder cancer were studied at the Department of Pathology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir, India over a period of 6 years (May 2006 to May 2012). Tumors were evaluated as per Age, Sex, smoking history, Histological type and grade of tumor. Males were more commonly affected than females. The commonest type of tumor observed was Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (98.5%), and peak age of incidence was 51- 60 years. In TCC 51.4% were low grade, 27.1% were papillomas and 21.4% were high grade. Smoking was found to be an important risk factor.

Author(s): Zubaida Rasool, Tazeen Jeelani, Farhat Mustafa and Annu Charak

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