Bladdertumors- a year experience at a tertiary care hospital

Bladder cancer is the 10th most common form of cancer worldwide, with an estimated 549,000 new cases and 200,000 deaths. These tumours are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Objective: The objective of this study was to present the histopathological patterns of urothelial tumours and to determine the grade and stage of these tumours. Methods: This was a prospective study conducted on 110 TURBT biopsies and cystectomy specimens at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar over a speriod of 1 year from Jan2017 to December 2017. Results; A total of 110cases were received. Out of those 105 cases (95.4%) were TUR biopsies and 5 were cystectomy specimens (4.54%) Hematuria was the most common clinical presentation and was seen in 90(81%) patients. Majority of patients were seen in 50-60 years of age(34 cases).Male to female ratio was 4:1 and mean age of 56.58.Transistional cell carcinoma was the most common type found(99 cases). Low grade TCC were seen in71 casea. Muscle invasion was seen in 26 cases. Tumor recurrence was seen in 20% of cases. Conclusion: Transitional cell carcinoma was the most common bladder tumour in our study. Most of these tumours were low grade. Pathological grade and muscle invasion are the most valuable prognostic predictors of survival.