How to treat bladder cancer

Update Date: 2021-12-03 Source: Network

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An aunt who has a very good relationship with our family was told that she had bladder cancer when she went to the hospital for physical examination recently. We were all very surprised, but fortunately, it has not yet developed to advanced stage. Let's talk about how to treat bladder cancer better.

How to treat bladder cancer

First, bladder cancer is not a strange disease in people's life. Surgery is the main way to treat limited stage bladder cancer. Transurethral resection of bladder tumor is the first choice for superficial (non muscle invasive) bladder cancer. According to the specific tumor stage and pathological grade, different intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy regimens are used after operation.

Second, radical cystectomy is the first choice for muscle invasive bladder cancer, and systemic chemotherapy can be used before and after operation to improve the curative effect. For some patients with invasive bladder cancer who are unable to undergo radical surgery or have the intention to preserve the bladder, the bladder preserving comprehensive treatment scheme of endovascular surgery, radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy can be used.

Third: metastatic bladder cancer (including lymph node metastasis), systemic chemotherapy is the only way to prolong the survival of patients, surgery, radiotherapy or arterial interventional therapy only play a palliative effect such as hemostasis, pain relief, in order to improve the quality of life of patients. TURBT is transurethral resection of bladder tumor. It is a kind of minimally invasive surgery, there is no knife edge on the surface of the body, and the patients recover quickly after surgery.

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Bladder cancer patients to determine the treatment plan, first of all, doctors need to combine with the actual situation of patients, such as the degree of development of the disease, the patient's own resistance, and then can develop a suitable treatment for patients, which is more helpful to the recovery of the disease.