Bladder Cancer Center - Elgin, ILElgin Oncologist Doctors for Bladder CancerType of Physician: Oncologist What is a Oncologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer. Specialty: Oncology (Medical) Common Name: Cancer Doctor Oncologist Doctors in Elgin * Midwest Center for Cancer & Blood  Mac Neal Cancer Center  Olga Zuk MD  Radiation Oncology SC  Evanston Kellogg Cancer Center  Evanston Kellogg Cancer Center  Evanston Kellogg Cancer Center  Walter W Virkus MD  Associates in Medical Oncology  Associates in Medical Oncology  Samuel Brunk MD  Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center  University of Chicago Physicians Group Dept of Medicine  ACT Medical Group Oncology  Well Group Health Partners Elgin, IllinoisUpcoming Local Events2012-06-03
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Bladder CancerRead the Bladder Cancer article » The bladderYour bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen. It stores urine, the liquid waste made by the kidneys. Your bladder is part of the urinary tract. Urine passes from each kidney into the bladder through a long tube called a ureter. Urine leaves the bladder through a shorter tube (the urethra). The wall of the bladder has layers of tissue:
Cancer CellsCancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up tissues. Tissues make up the bladder and the other organs of the body. Normal cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take their place. Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when the body doesn't need them, and old or damaged cells don't die as they should. The buildup of extra cells often forms a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor. Tumors in the bladder can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Benign tumors are not as harmful as malignant tumors:
Recommended Reading Related to Bladder CancerWhat is cancer?Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in a body. The abnormal cells are termed cancer cells, malignant cells, or tumor cells. Many cancers and the abnormal cells that compose the cancer tissue are further identified by the name of the tissue that the abnormal cells originated from (for example, breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer). Cancer is not confined to humans; animals and other living organisms can get cancer. Below is a schematic that shows normal cell division and how when a cell is damaged or altered without repair to its system, the cell usually dies. Also shown is what can occur when such damaged or unrepaired cells do not die and become cancer cells and proliferate with uncontrolled growth; a mass of cancer cells develop. Frequently, cancer cells can break away from this original mass of cells, travel through the blood and lymph systems, and lodge in other organs where they can again repeat the ... Other Related Bladder Cancer ArticlesEmergency Contact for Elgin
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