How often is bladder cancer reexamined

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My friend found that he had bladder cancer six months ago. Later, he had surgery. Now his recovery is OK, but he has to be reexamined regularly. How often does bladder cancer reexamine? Let's talk about it.

How often is bladder cancer reexamined

First of all, bladder cancer patients need cystoscopy: mainly suitable for patients with bladder preservation. Because the recurrence of bladder cancer may also occur in the renal pelvis, ureter, urethra. So cystoscopy negative can not completely rule out the possibility of bladder cancer recurrence. At the same time, exfoliative cytology examination of urine is simple, inexpensive and painless, which can be used as the main means of regular review.

Secondly, we also need to do the following examinations: B-ultrasound examination of the liver and local lymph nodes, liver metastasis can be found. X-ray examination, mainly chest film, can find whether the lung metastasis. The detection of tumor markers such as carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) by blood sampling is helpful to understand the recurrence and metastasis of bladder cancer.

Finally, patients with bladder cancer should be reexamined regularly, usually once every three months. If there is no recurrence after one year, the examination time can be extended appropriately. In addition, the traditional Chinese medicine consolidation treatment for bladder cancer patients after operation can effectively prevent the recurrence of bladder cancer, enhance the patient's physique, and improve the body immunity, which is very helpful for the prognosis of bladder cancer.

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Bladder cancer patients should pay attention to their body changes in peacetime, especially to do a good job in daily life and diet conditioning, and mood adjustment is also particularly important, all aspects to promote the recovery of the body, in the review of the problems found in a timely manner.