Category Archives for bladder cancer
Bladder Cancer- Need to Know
Bladder Cancer- Need to Know blog post is PeopleBeatingCancer.org’s Pillar Post for Bladder Cancer (BC). As a long-term cancer survivor myself, my purpose in creating and managing PeopleBeatingCancer
Continue readingBladder Cancer Time Burden
What’s the bladder cancer time burden? How does a diagnosis of bladder cancer affect how you spend your personal time or your work time? Your oncologist can talk to you about your treatment and therapies.
Continue readingCardiovascular Disease in Bladder Cancer Survivors
How can you reduce cardiovascular disease in bladder cancer survivors? By living a heart-healthy lifestyle through nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies. There is growing research
Continue readingBladder Cancer Stage II- Chemo? Cystectomy?
Hi David- I have been diagnosed with bladder cancer stage II. The mass was removed but the cancer may have invaded the muscle tissue. My oncologist wants to go with NCCN guidelines and recommends the
Continue readingRobotic vs Open Cystectomy in Bladder Cancer?
“How does robot-assisted radical cystectomy compare with traditional open radical cystectomy for management of patients with bladder cancer? Robot-assisted radical cystectomy’s time may be
Continue readingBladder Cancer- “No Sex Drive/no Desire for Sex at All…”
It’s killing our relationship so I’m looking for any information anyone could give me…he is seeing another dr tomorrow to talk about this…but he says he just has no sex drive/no
Continue readingGene Breslow, Bladder Cancer- Cystectomy
The exam identified a mucous growing and a thickening in the wall of the bladder. A biopsy was done and the diagnosis was invasive adenocarcinoma of the bladder (bladder cancer-BC). Gene’s Story:
Continue readingBladder Cancer – Conventional, Non-Conventional
“The aim of treating Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) is avoid the loss of the bladder and to prevent recurrence and progression to muscle-invasive disease” I have two friends who
Continue readingFrankincense Oil- Bladder Cancer Cells
Comprehensive gene expression analysis confirmed that frankincense oil activates genes that are responsible for cell cycle arrest, cell growth suppression, and apoptosis in bladder cancer cells If you
Continue readingBladder Cancer- Increase Overall Survival
“61% of patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) will experience recurrence within the first year after initial resection, and up to 78% will experience recurrence within five years” If
Continue readingBladder Cancer- Observation?
“Bladder cancer has the highest lifetime treatment cost of all cancers, with substantial economic burden throughout the entire disease course…with the focus on limiting overuse of surveillance
Continue readingBladder Cancer- Oncologist or Urologist?
Hi David- On January 22nd I had tumors removed and chemo inserted in my bladder. Pathology stage 1. March 1st I’m scheduled for another surgery to scrape again, look for growth or return and insert
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