If you or a loved one were diagnosed with bladder cancer after being exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a Camp Lejeune bladder cancer lawsuit case or settlement claim.
A team of Camp Lejeune injury lawyers and class action attorneys is investigating potential lawsuit cases and settlement claims of individuals who were diagnosed with bladder cancer after being exposed to water at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base that was contaminated.
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the bladder when urothelial cells mutate, become abnormal and form tumors that grow uncontrollably in the body. The American Cancer Society has estimated that each year in the U.S., more than 81,180 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer and more than 17,100 die from the bladder cancer.
Unfortunately, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) individuals exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune may be at an increased risk of developing bladder cancer.
Camp Lejeune Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Claims
The Camp Lejeune bladder cancer lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims of individuals who were diagnosed with bladder cancer after being exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune from August 1, 1953 to December 31, 1987:
- Bladder cancer
- Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder
- Adenocarcinoma of the bladder
- Muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- Other Camp Lejeune cancer injury claims
Camp Lejeune Bladder Cancer Injury Cases
Various studies have reported a potential link between the contaminants found in the water at Camp Lejeune and bladder cancers.
For example, an ATSDR morbidity study found that Camp Lejeune’s contaminated drinking water “was associated with increased risk in both Marines and civilian employees for bladder cancer.” In assessing the evidence for drinking water contaminants at the marine corps base and bladder cancer, ATSDR concluded that there was “sufficient evidence for causation for PCE and bladder cancer.”
Unfortunately, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), numerous studies of people exposed to PCE or tetrachloroethylene, one of the chemicals found in the water at Camp Lejeune that the EPA has classified as likely to be carcinogenic to humans, found associations with several types of cancers including bladder cancer.
Bladder Cancer Signs & Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of bladder cancer can include:
- Pain while urinating
- Frequent urination
- Blood in urine (hematuria)
- Blood clots in urine
- Back pain
- Feeling need to urinate but unable to urinate
- Other bladder cancer symptoms
Procedures and tests used by doctors (such as urologists and oncologists) to diagnose bladder cancer can include a physical exam, medical and family history, urine tests (to detect tumor cells), cystocopy (to detect malignant cancer cells in the bladder), biopsy (i.e., a transurethral bladder tumor resection) and imaging tests (such as MRIs, CT scans, bone scans, PET scans, ultrasound, etc.).
Bladder Cancer Treatment
Bladder cancer treatments can include surgery to remove bladder cancer (including TURBT surgery, radical cystectomy and lymph node dissection to remove the bladder and possibly nearby tissues, organs and lymph nodes), reconstruction surgery (such as urinary diversion surgery to create a new urine pathway, via an orthotopic neobladder or via a stoma or ostomy bag), radiation therapy (to destroy malignant bladder cancer cells using x-rays such as external-beam radiation therapy), immunotherapy (to improve the immune system’s ability to fight the bladder cancer), targeted therapy (to target bladder cancer specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment and block the growth and spread of bladder cancer cells) and chemotherapy (to destroy the bladder cancer cells using medication), among others.
If you or a loved one were diagnosed with bladder cancer after being exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, you may be entitled to compensation from a Camp Lejeune bladder cancer lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact an injury lawyer to request a free case review.
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