Bladder Cancer Health Center

Medical Reference Related to Bladder Cancer

41. Bladder Cancer - Topic Overview
    

    Bladder cancer is the rapid growth of abnormal cells in the lining of the bladder.

42. Bladder Cancer - What Increases Your Risk
    

    Learn the major risk factors for bladder cancer.

43. Bladder Cancer - Symptoms
    

    The most common symptoms of bladder cancer.

44. Bladder Cancer - Exams and Tests
    

    To determine whether bladder cancer may be the cause of your urinary symptoms, your health professional will evaluate you.

45. Bladder Cancer - Medications
    

    Medications may be used to control the growth of bladder cancer cells and to relieve symptoms.

46. Radiation therapy for bladder cancer
    

    Radiation therapy uses high - dose X - rays to destroy bladder cancer cells. It may be used alone, before surgery to shrink the cancer or after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells. Radiation therapy may also be used if a person with bladder cancer cannot have surgery. External beam radiation comes from a machine outside the body. The machine aims radiation at the cancer area. Most people

47. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) for Bladder Cancer
    

    Drug details for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) for bladder cancer.

48. Bladder Cancer - Home Treatment
    

    If you are receiving radiation therapy or chemotherapy to treat any stage of bladder cancer, you can use home treatment to help manage the side effects that may be caused by these treatments.

49. Bladder Cancer - Treatment Overview
    

    The choice of treatment and the long - term outcome (prognosis) for people who have bladder cancer depends on the stage and grade of cancer.

50. Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer
    

    Cystectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the bladder to treat bladder cancer that has spread into the bladder wall (stages II and III) or to treat cancer that has come back (recurred) following initial treatment.