More than half of all patients diagnosed with bladder cancer have low-grade, noninvasive papillary tumors. Current treatment comprises initial transurethral resection (TUR), sometimes with immediate ...

Active surveillance is a safe and cost-effective method to manage patients with recurrent papillary, low-grade, Ta bladder tumours. New long-term data from a large patient cohort confirm previous ...

Bladder cancer, most frequently caused by smoking and exposure to carcinogens in the workplace, is one of the top 10 most common forms of cancer in men and women in the U.S. More than 70 percent of ...

Bladder cancer is a cancer of the lining of the bladder, a piece of muscle that has multiple layers. Bladder cancer occurs more frequently among older men, with the median age of diagnosis being 73 ...

UGN-102 shows a 79.6% complete response rate in recurrent low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. UGN-102 offers a non-surgical alternative, avoiding cystoscopy and anesthesia, ...

Pain control was achieved by TUF in 70.0 percent of 240 patients; 18 patients underwent cystectomy for intractable pain. (HealthDay News) — For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), transurethral ...

For some older women, recurring urinary tract infections -- and the antibiotics typically prescribed for them -- become a fact of life, but a new study offers a novel treatment that may deliver relief ...