Multiple therapeutic options are available for the management of patients with upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). Radical nephroureterectomy with an ipsilateral bladder cuff is the ...
Recently, I received an email from a reader who had just been diagnosed with bladder cancer. She wrote “Please talk to us about bladder cancer. What causes it? How to ...
When you learn you have bladder cancer, it’s only natural to ask: "Can I survive this, for how long, and can I expect to be cured?" You may have searched online for survival rate information. These ...
Researchers discover novel targets for bladder cancer therapeutics and demonstrate that a new combination of existing drugs, including statins, blocks tumor growth in mice. Like all cancers, bladder ...
What Is BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer? Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the main immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Immunotherapy uses your immune system to fight cancer. BCG ...
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has identified flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants, that are toxic to bladder cancer cells cultured in the lab. The researchers report ...
Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2007;4(8):432-443. JD Raman is a Chief Resident in Urology and DS Scherr is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Cornell Medical Center, ...