Radiation therapy is as effective against bladder cancer such as surgery to remove the organ, according to a study released in the UK.

A team of experts from the University of Leeds (Northern England), led by Dr Anne Kiltie, noted that the survival rate among cancer patients treated with radiotherapy were the same as for those who had undergone cystectomy . …read the rest of this entry»

An international group of researchers has found for the first time the relationship between DNA methylation levels and the risk of bladder cancer.

Data from the study, published in the March edition of the journal “Lancet Oncology”, were presented by the Municipal Institute of Medical Research in Barcelona, which is involved in international investigations. …read the rest of this entry»

There are four types of treatment for bladder cancer are:

Surgery involves removing, from surgery, cancer of the bladder. You can use several methods:

- Transurethral resection: used a cystoscope inserted into the bladder through the urethra. In the end will incorporate a system to cut the tumor and remove it. It can also lead a system with high-energy electricity to burn the cancer. Can be applied to tumors that are not too large or deep and are not scattered in several pockets on the inside of the bladder. Its great advantage is that it keeps the bladder and urine may follow naturally. …read the rest of this entry»

Establish the stages when the disease is very important because as this, and establish the medical treatment or another.

Stage 0 or carcinoma in situ
The cancer is in its initial stage. Only present in the inner lining of the bladder, is very superficial.

Stage I
The tumor has spread through the lining of the bladder but has not affected the muscle wall.

Stage II
The bladder muscles are affected by cancer.

Stage III
The cancer has spread to the muscular wall of the bladder, the surrounding tissue and even the nearby reproductive organs. The doctor can feel a swelling after tumor removal. …read the rest of this entry»

There is no specific symptoms in bladder cancer but most often detected by the presence of blood in the urine.

Sometimes the blood is not seen in the urine but its presence can be confirmed with a routine urine microscopic examination.

Other manifestations that may occur are:

Stinging or pain during urination and frequent and urgent need to urinate. These symptoms are similar to those of a simple urinary tract infection. They may even come together these two disorders, infection and cancer. Be suspected of bladder cancer if not improve symptoms of urinary infection after undergoing antibiotic treatment.

There may also be obstructive symptoms that may come to the inability to urinate or urinary retention. …read the rest of this entry»

Among the risk factors involved in the occurrence of bladder cancer include the following:

- Consumption of snuff that is the single greatest risk factor strong and the underlying cause of at least half of all cases. The snuff smoke carcinogens are absorbed from the lungs into the blood. The kidneys filter many of these substances, incorporating them to excrete urine. Carcinogens, concentrated in the urine, remain long in contact with the mucous membrane lining the bladder. Between one and another cigarette, a smoker makes many puffs of clean air that washes your tubes, so the interior of snuff affects the lung only during cigarette consumption. In contrast, between visits to the bathroom to urinate, it is possible that smoking has consumed two or three cigarettes, at least. When empty the urinary bladder full of carcinogens, it is filled with clean urine, but also contaminated. It is estimated that the bladder of a smoking half a pack of cigarettes is in contact with urine contaminated with carcinogens one hundred percent of the time. …read the rest of this entry»

Bladder cancer occurs when malignant cells develop in the lining of this organ.

The urine passes from the kidneys to the bladder through the ureters with a tube.

The bladder is a muscular ring structure is opened to make way for the urine. Adapts its size as it increases the volume of urine and once full, sends nerve signals to the brain that transmits the need to urinate.

Bladder cancer is more common in men than in women, as three more times. Reflecting its close relationship with smoking.

In recent years there has been an increasing number of cases in the Spanish women, a phenomenon due mainly to the increase of female smokers and incorporating it into work and industry. …read the rest of this entry»

the presence of malignant (cancerous) cells in the bladder. Although not seen that often in the United States as compared with other countries, it is the more frequent cancer of the urinary tract. In 1999 about 54,200 people were diagnosed with bladder cancer in the United States, and about 12,100 died from the disease. Bladder cancer occurs most frequently in white adults between the ages of 50 and 70, with men developing it about three times more often than women.

The most common type of bladder cancer is transitional cell carcinoma (90%), which arises from the transitional epithelial cells that line the bladder. The other types of bladder cancer include papillary, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. …read the rest of this entry»

Symptom and Description A person who cannot control the flow of urine has urinary incontinence. This loss of bladder control can involve a little leakage of urine when a person sneezes or coughs, or a total lack of control over urination. Urinary incontinence commonly occurs for several months after surgery, such as removal of the prostate, because of the surgery in the area of the bladder. Temporary incontinence can also occur with urinary tract infections and irritations.

Learning Needs You can help manage incontinence when it occurs by learning to:

• Keep track of the times that you urinate and/or are incontinent

• Perform certain exercises

• Take good care of your skin

• Take certain medications

Prevention It is common to experience some loss of bladder control after surgeries such as removal of the prostate, but you can help to prevent its continua-tion by participating in its management.

Management

• Keep track of when you urinate by completing a ‘‘bladder diary’’ (included).

• Try to urinate according to a schedule. If you have been leaking or urinating every hour or more, then try to urinate only once every 60 minutes. If you have been leaking or urinating every half hour, then try to urinate only once every 30 minutes. Keep on that schedule even if you don’t feel the urge to urinate.

• When you have been able to urinate at that schedule without leaking in between, then increase the time interval between attempts to urinate, by 30 minutes at a time. If you feel an urgent need to urinate in between the scheduled times, try relaxation or distraction (for instance, balance your checkbook!) and the urgency may go away for a while.

• Practice pelvic muscle exercises taught to you by your nurse or doctor.

• Keep the skin around your genital area, groin, buttocks, and upper thigh clean and as dry as possible. Wash with soap and water to remove urine. Your nurse can help you select a moisture barrier to protect your skin, if needed. Change wet clothing or bedding immediately. Wear loose clothing. Wear adult briefs with pads or absorbent pads to help absorb urine and keep your skin dry.

• Call your nurse if your skin becomes reddened or irritated.

• Take any medications prescribed to relax your bladder muscles.

Follow-up Bring any record of urination and leakage with you when you see your doctor or nurse. Extending the time intervals between urination can eventually get you back to ‘‘normal’’ or to a point at which you are satisfied with your urinary control. Many institutions have incontinence clinics with specialists who treat urinary incontinence of all types. Your nurse or doctor may refer you to these services.

Symptom and Description IBSs include three related symptoms that often occur together.

• Dysuria is an unpleasant sensation of pain, discomfort, or burning that occurs during urination.

• Urgency is when it feels like you have to urinate right away or immediately, even sometimes if your bladder is not full.

• Frequency is having to urinate more frequently than what is normal for you, generally more often than every 2 hours during the day.

People who are receiving treatment for cancer, or who have certain urinary tests that require insertion of an instrument or catheter into their bladder, are sometimes at risk for IBSs and bladder infections. If you have irritative bladder symptoms, your doctor or nurse will want to conduct other tests to determine whether there is an infection in your bladder. People who are receiving treatment for bladder cancer through a catheter directly into their bladder are also at risk for IBSs. This would occur after the treatments for a few hours (but it can last up to several days), due to the effect of the treatment drug on the lining of the bladder. This IBS side effect usually begins after the second or third treatment.

Prevention Although some IBSs may happen in certain people, you may be able to prevent IBSs by:

• Drinking plenty of liquids. Try to drink at least 2 quarts (almost 2 liters) of water every day.

• Avoiding fluids with caffeine and acid fluids (this includes most juices). Water is best!

• Not delaying if you feel the need to urinate.

Management

1. Once you’ve experienced IBSs, you should notify your doctor or nurse as soon as possible, describing:

• Where the discomfort is

• How bad it is

• What it feels like

• How long it lasts

• How often you feel the need to urinate

• How often you actually are urinating

• Whether your urine is pink or red

Your doctor or nurse may give you a bladder diary to record how often you urinate and how much you are drinking.

2. You must take any medication that is prescribed to treat a bladder infection or treat the discomfort.

3. Continue to drink a lot of nonacid and noncaffeinated fluids, increasing the amount to 2 1 /2 quarts (80 ounces or 10 cups) each day while the symptoms last.

4. Take warm baths in water up to your waist to reduce bladder pain, and use warm, moist heat for any low back pain you feel.

Follow-up Call your physician or nurse as soon as irritative bladder symptoms begin and if you have a new fever along with the IBSs. Bring with you any record of urination and fluids you have consumed when you see your doctor or nurse. When your IBSs get better, you can return to your normal level of drinking fluids, but it should remain at least 2 quarts (almost 2 liters) per day (64 ounces or 8 cups).