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 ...

Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich underwent a 30-minute procedure on Monday to evaluate abnormalities found on his bladder and remained overnight at Methodist Hospital while awaiting test results ...

Unfortunately, there is no way today to identify which patients may not need to undergo bladder removal, a procedure that has a major impact on quality of life. The urine biopsy that Chaudhuri and his ...

After a diagnosis of urothelial cancer, doctors will assign a stage to the disease -- determining how deep the tumor has invaded into the bladder and whether there is any spread to the lymph nodes and ...

Two recent studies describe the potential of liquid biopsies to identify and track tumor growth in two very different cancers: bladder cancer and peripheral nerve tumors. Despite the differences ...

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.

While cystectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy is standard of care for the treatment of muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, patients often struggle with lasting impairments to health related ...

Compared with no ureteroscopy or percutaneous biopsy, ureteroscopic biopsy in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma was significantly associated with a 40% increased risk for intravesical ...

A new study documents a sharp rise in office-based procedures for bladder cancer after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) boosted physician reimbursement for these procedures. The ...

Giving patients with suspected bladder cancer an MRI scan before surgery could mean they would be treated more quickly, leading to fewer deaths due to the disease, new research suggests. The findings, ...