IF you are going to have bladder cancer, this is the kind of path report you want to get. The description of the tissue samples is what indicates that this is low grade....there are cancer cells present with mild variations of size and shape. If this were high grade there would be much more variation here. The fact that mitosis (cell division) was only occasionally found also indicates that the cells were not wildly dividing as happens with high grade.
You are very fortunate!! Be SURE to keep those appointments because bladder cancer has a bad habit of returning and you want to catch it early if it does.
Sara Anne
Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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