%0 Journal Article %T A Review of Bladder Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Different Disease, with a Distinct Presentation, Assessment, and Treatment %A C. Mulele %A E. Manda %A J. Kachimba %A K. Bowa %A S. Mukosai %A V. Mapulanga %J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.4103/aam.aam_48_17 %X Cancer of the bladder is the ninth leading cause of cancer in developed countries. It is the second most common urological malignancy. Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common histological subtype in developed countries. In most of Africa, the most common type is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Cancer of bladder guidelines produced by the European Urological Association and the American Urological Association, including the tumor, node, and metastasis staging is focused on TCC of the bladder %K Africa %K bladder carcinoma %K squamous cell carcinoma %K transitional cell carcinoma %K Afrique %K carcinome de la vessie %K carcinome ¨¦pidermo£¿de %K carcinome ¨¤ cellules transitionnelles %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6126046/