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Natural remedies for bladder cancer

A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi
Urology 29 years experience
Nothing: After a person has had definitive treatment for bladder cancer, life afterwards can return to normal. Of course, there will be some changes, but peopl... Read More
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Dr. Morton Levitt
A Verified Doctoranswered
Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical 51 years experience
Bladder Cancer: This depends on the extent of surgery/treatment and whether part of the bladder is resected, the whole bladder - requiring a urinary division procedur... Read More
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Dr. Sahba Ferdowsi
General Practice 20 years experience
Consult specialist: If there is a diagnosis you should see a urologist and hematologist/oncologist asap.
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Dr. Chakshu Gupta
Pathology 25 years experience
Ask urologist: There are different types of bladder tumors that are treated differently - ask your urologist for details.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi
Urology 29 years experience
Surgery: Depending on the stage and type of bladder cancer, treatment will vary. This includes observation, instilling medicines into the bladder (bcg), radic... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Roscoe Nelson
Urology 30 years experience
Removal of cancer: Resection of tumor followed by intravesicle (in the bladder) medication is standard if care. If its in the muscle removing the bladder or chemo/radiat... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Peter Sadow
Pathology 19 years experience
T1: T1 bladder cancer, invasive of the lamina propria, is generally easily treated. It would, in most cases, be malpractice not to treat it, and therefor... Read More
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A 46-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ronald Krauser
A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
Not really: Neither one has any benefit but they also do no harm.
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A 65-year-old female asked:
Dr. Eric Chevlen
Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Yes.: Ask your doctor, of course, since your particular circumstance may differ...but intravesicular (in the bladder) BCG treatment for superficial bladder ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
Localized immune rea: Ction. If a person is immunized with BCG (a modified tuberculosis organism) re-exposure to BCG induces a local cellular immune response. If BCG is i... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Terence Chapman
Urologic Oncology 28 years experience
Yes: Bcg is intended for use of "superficial" bladder cancer, ie, cancer that has not invaded into the muscle of the bladder (carcinoma in situ, ta or t1 s... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi
Urology 29 years experience
No: Treatment with BCG is a form of localized immunotherapy for bladder cancer but it is not chemotherapy. It involves placement of a medicine into the b... Read More
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