Epidemiological and Morphological Characteristics of Urothelial Bladder Cancer in a Bulgarian and a French Sample of Patients

Milena Gulinac; Dorian Dikov; Ts. Velikova

doi:10.46281/aijmsr.v6i1.547

Milena Gulinac Medical Faculty, Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7970-9378
Dorian Dikov Grand Hospital de l’Este Francilien, Jossigny, France, Medical Faculty, Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Ts. Velikova Medical Faculty, Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Lozenetz-Sofia, Bulgaria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0593-1272

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46281/aijmsr.v6i1.547

Keywords: Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Carcinoma, Urinary Tract.

Abstract

Bladder carcinoma (BC) is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary system in developed countries, and it is also characterized by a high number of recurrences and progression rates despite multimodal treatment. BC is a biological and clinically heterogeneous tumor with a great propensity of divergent differentiation. Around the world, bladder cancer is responsible for 549.000 new cases и 200.000 deaths each year. In Bulgaria, bladder carcinoma is the 18^th most common neoplasia. Our results on 105 proven bladder carcinoma cases confirmed that this tumor arises at 70 years at average (60-90 years), it affects men predominantly and there was no difference regarding the nationality of patients. In conclusion, it remains a diagnostic challenge.

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