DUARTE, Calif. (KABC) -- Bladder cancer affects 75,000 Americans every year. The most-telling symptom is usually blood in the urine. Even large tumors are curable, but the treatment can mean a drastic ...
Bladder cancer affects 75,000 people in this country every year, but treating it can bring drastic change to patients. So now, Bay Area surgeons are offering a new option -- the neobladder procedure.
When Lodi resident Joe Clausi woke up from surgery, the first thing he did was take a deep breath, and peer under the covers. He was happily surprised. Though there were no guarantees, his surgeon was ...
Most patients who undergo radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer receive orthotopic neobladder reconstruction, but little is known about the incidence and etiology of emptying failure in ...
At 57, two-time Super Bowl champion Deion Sanders, has a brand-new bladder. The University of Colorado coach recently underwent reconstructive surgery to treat an aggressive form of bladder cancer ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman who suffered more than two years with severe pain in her pelvis and back has a new lease on life following a robotic-assisted surgery in April, performed at Baptist ...
Invasive bladder cancer is usually treated with radical cystectomy followed by urinary diversion. Most male patients undergo continent reconstruction using an ileal neobladder, which is presumed to ...
Cancer treatment has improved significantly over the past several decades, meaning that more people are living longer after undergoing surgical and medical interventions. This has led to the emergence ...
Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders announced on Monday that he beat bladder cancer after almost losing his life in May. While Coach Prime was able to overcome death, he now faces a new ...