Most people with bladder cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If bladder cancer has spread beyond your bladder, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat ...

Radical cystectomy involves bladder removal and urinary diversion, often using a laparoscopic robot-assisted approach for precision and access. The surgery lasts four to six hours, with a recovery ...

Bladder cancer treatment continues to evolve with a growing emphasis on balancing oncological efficacy and quality of life. Traditional approaches such as radical cystectomy, which involves removal of ...

Inlexzo is a new treatment for a type of bladder cancer in adults that hasn’t spread to the muscles and doesn’t respond to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy. It’s approved for treating non-muscle ...

An experimental treatment method has shown promise in fighting a hard-to-treat form of bladder cancer known as BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). BCG (Bacillus ...

What Is Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT)? If you have bladder cancer or suspected bladder cancer, your doctor has probably told you that you need a transurethral resection of the ...

A new drug-releasing system, TAR-200, eliminated tumors in 82% of patients in a phase 2 clinical trial for individuals with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer whose cancer had previously ...

Extended lymphadenectomy did not improve disease-free or overall survival compared to standard lymphadenectomy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients. Higher perioperative morbidity and mortality ...

Nearly 20,000 women are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society, with most being over age 55. And the unfortunate reality is that women are often diagnosed at ...