A retrospective analysis assessed the prognostic value of preoperative ctDNA testing among patients who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.

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 ...

Bladder cancer is cancer that forms in the cells of the bladder. People often receive a diagnosis in its early stages when healthcare professionals can treat it successfully. Share on Pinterest Xavier ...

Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has ...

Some types and grades of bladder cancer spread quickly. Doctors can treat this disease in several ways. However, treatments are most effective before bladder cancer spreads. The bladder is a hollow ...

Symptoms of bladder cancer include blood in your urine, frequent urination, and painful urination. Bloating isn’t a common symptom but can happen in some instances. The American Cancer Society ...

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 ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

There are different stages of bladder cancer depending on how the tumor has spread. The staging of bladder cancer can help a medical professional map out the best treatment plan and improve a person’s ...