What is the incidence of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder?
Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) accounts for approximately 95% of bladder cancers and is the 4th most common cancer among men and the 10th most common in women, in the United States.
More than 60,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year, representing approximately 13,000 deaths annually.
The overall incidence of bladder cancer appears to be increasing, probably due to the general aging of the population and the latent effects of tobacco abuse and industrial carcinogens.