title: [Urothelial tumors of the bladder].
abstract: Bladder cancer is a common malignancy and accounts for 8,000 new cases and 4,000 deaths each year in France. Numerous factors may be responsible for the development of this disease, first of which are smoking and occupational exposure to chemicals. Main data regarding etiology, epidemiology and biology of bladder cancer are detailed. Diagnostic and therapeutic advances as well as actual research directions are presented.
authors.affiliation: Service d'oncologie médicale, Institut Curie, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Soria
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beuzeboc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Housset
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Les tumeurs urothéliales de vessie.