Urinary system cancers

Cancer is a diverse range of diseases where abnormal cells (cells are the basic building blocks of the body) grow rapidly and generally spread throughout the body in an uncontrolled manner. These cancerous cells can invade and destroy surrounding tissue and spread (metastasise) to distant parts of the body.

Cancer can develop from most types of cells in different parts of the body. Each cancer behaves in an individual way. That is, different cancers will grow and spread in different ways and at different rates. While some cancers share common causes or risk factors, it is believed that most cancers have a unique set of factors causing them to occur.