Know about Bladder Cancer, a disease that filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar is diagnosed with

Bladder cancer can be of 3 types - Transitional cell carcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma.

New Delhi: Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar has undergone surgery to treat urinary bladder cancer. Bladder cancer occurs in the tissues of the bladder - the organ in the body that holds urine. Bladder cancer can be of 3 types - Transitional cell carcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma. Transitional cell carcinoma is the most common type of bladder cancer that more than 90 percent of people suffer from. It starts growing in the transitional cells in the inner layer of our bladder.