What are the early treatments for bladder cancer?

Bladder cancer mostly affects older adults. It is detectable at an early stage. It can recur, so the follow-up tests are usually recommended.

Patient with bladder cancer experience the following symptoms or signs:

• The most common symptom is blood clots in the urine.
• Urge to urinate many times throughout the day
• Urge to urinate, but unable to pass urine
• Burning sensation while urination
• Lower back pain on 1 side of the body
• Frequent urination

Diagnosis

Most often, bladder cancer is diagnosed after a person tells get blood in the urine, also known as hematuria. "Gross hematuria" means that the stage has increased hence; the blood is visible in the urine. 

General urine tests are not enough to diagnose bladder cancer because hematuria is a sign of various other conditions that is unrelated to cancer like kidney stone or infection. 

Treatment

Treatment of bladder cancer relies on various factors that include the type of cancer, stage of cancer, and the grade of cancer that needs to be taken into account while treatment, with the patient's overall health and preference of treatment.

Treatments include surgery, biological therapy, and chemotherapy and below are the treatment that can be considered:

• Chemotherapy in the bladder– This therapy performed to treat tumors however, it increases the risk of progression to a higher stage
• Surgery– This is to remove cancerous tissue
• Immunotherapy– This therapy triggers the immune system to fight actively with cancer cells
• Radiation therapy– It is to destroy cancerous cells, considered to be the primary treatment when surgery isn't an option.
• Reconstruction– This is a reconstruction of a way to pass urine after bladder removal

You can control bladder cancer with medical treatment. Organizations like SIIUT healthcare providers are transplant experts, provides the resources and support to help you cure this disease once in for all. 

However, if any of your symptoms reappear, get in touch with your doctor immediately.

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Blog Reviewed By: Dr.Muthu Veeramani 
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