ABSTRACT

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers of urinary system. A number occupational and environmental carcinogens have well known role in etiology of bladder cancer. Its high recurrence rate and progression is another charecteristic feature of bladder cancer. For this reason many preclinical studies related with carcinogenesis, preventive and curative treatments of bladder tumors have been published so far. From these preclinical studies, experimental animal models for bladder cancer were reviewed in this paper.