The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is cancer that’s only in the inner lining of your bladder. It hasn’t grown into the muscle wall. Your doctor may also call it superficial bladder cancer, urothelial ...

Treatment recommendations for all stages of bladder cancer have been proposed in the form of clinical guidelines from the European Association of Urology and the American Urological Association.

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 ...

Urothelial carcinoma is the most common bladder cancer, with stage 1 indicating early-stage disease confined to the bladder lining. Diagnosis involves urinalysis, cystoscopy, TURBT, and imaging to ...

If you have metastatic bladder cancer, you may also be at higher risk for kidney problems, including acute kidney injuries ...

A high percentage of bladder cancers can be cured if they are found early. Once cancer spreads outside the bladder, it is much harder to treat. That’s why it’s important to first bring up any ...

Bladder cancer is mainly urothelial carcinoma, with non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive types, and smoking as a key risk factor. Diagnosis involves cystoscopy, biopsy, urine cytology, and imaging ...

Researchers have discovered that analyzing specific patterns of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation in a simple urine sample can effectively diagnose and stage bladder cancer, offering a much-needed ...