Patients with a common aggressive type of bladder cancer could get correct treatment significantly quicker as new research suggests that initial MRI imaging and biopsy could be used to reduce the time ...

The development of accurate, minimally invasive techniques that can detect cancers early and track recurrence is essential to driving treatment options for precision medicine. An international team of ...

Medical professionals use CT scans to help diagnose and stage bladder cancer. While CT scans can provide valuable information, they are not perfect and have certain limitations. However, CT scans may ...

Doctors use a combination of tests, including urinalysis, cystoscopy, urine culture, and bladder wall biopsy to diagnose interstitial cystitis. For males, they may also examine prostate secretions.

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 ...

Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor, or TURBT, is a procedure that allows your surgeon to biopsy or remove a tumor from the inside of your bladder while leaving the bladder intact. Because the ...

In this phase IIb parallel cohort study, patients with BCG-unresponsive carcinoma in situ (CIS) with/without papillary disease received TAR-200 monotherapy (Cohort 2 [C2]), TAR-200 plus cetrelimab (C1 ...

Rituximab Chimeric Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Relapsed Indolent Lymphoma: Half of Patients Respond to a Four-Dose Treatment Program In the article that accompanies this editorial, ...

For bladder cancer, if a urine biopsy can detect whether the early chemotherapy totally eradicated the tumor, it could help some patients avoid major surgery to remove the bladder. And for NF1, if we ...

Fulguration is an electrosurgery. It uses heat from an electrical current to destroy atypical tissue areas. Healthcare professionals often use it to treat early stage bladder cancer, but they can use ...