A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

Radical cystectomy involves bladder removal and urinary diversion, often using a laparoscopic robot-assisted approach for precision and access. The surgery lasts four to six hours, with a recovery ...

A person may need surgery for bladder cancer to remove the tumor. A person may also need preoperative or postoperative treatments. Bladder cancer occurs when cells of the bladder start to grow out of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Inlexzo (gemcitabine intravesical system) for the treatment of certain types of bladder cancer. This decision marks a milestone for ...

Nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff removal is the gold standard surgical treatment for localized urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Long-term follow-up of patients is important because ...

Accurately diagnosing and staging patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) has proven challenging for clinicians. Experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering recently applied genomic sequencing ...

A drug that helps the immune system find cancer cells also helps patients avoid having their bladders surgically removed (cystectomy), a new study shows. The findings apply to serious cases after ...

Deion Sanders, the University of Colorado’s head football coach, talked about his treatment for an aggressive form of bladder cancer for the first time publicly at a news conference Monday. Sporting a ...