Transurethral management of bladder cancer (2003-2008) at Department of urology, Azadi teaching hospital in Kirkuk city, Iraq.

Abdullah Rahman Alshwani, Muhammad

	Transurethral management of bladder cancer (2003-2008) at Department of urology, Azadi teaching hospital in Kirkuk city, Iraq.
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-163
Author
Muhammad Abdullah Rahman alshwani
Abstract
Introduction: Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor that is rising on scale of awareness of both patients and physician. Aim of the study: To compare age groups, sex group, grading and staging for the patients with bladder cancer treated with transurethral resection in Azadi general hospital, in Kirkuk city in Iraq. Material and methods: Data was obtained from operating protocols, patient’s history and ambulance charts of 140 patients in Azadi general hospital in Kirkuk city in Iraq. Results: Total of 140 patients were operated at our department in given period of time by means of transurethral resection for bladder cancer. Of those 112 (80%) were males and 28 (20%) female patients. Average age for males were (66,07 years) and for the females were (67.82 years) Most common grade was grade 2 in all patients and also when looked in new cases and in patients taking treatment (received cases). Staging showed that most cases were in Ta group, both new or receive cases. And the most common type of tumor resected was Transitional cell carcinoma. Discussion and conclusion: Incidence of bladder cancer is not very high, but it is on constant rise. Bladder cancer is more common in males; Transitional cell carcinoma is more common type of tumor while gradeII and stage Ta are more common findings in our patients.
Keywords
transurethral resection; bladder cancer

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