Bladder cancer is cancer that forms in your urinary bladder, the muscular sac that stores urine. This balloon-shaped organ is located in your pelvis. Urine made by the kidneys goes into your bladder ...

More than half of all patients diagnosed with bladder cancer have low-grade, noninvasive papillary tumors. Current treatment comprises initial transurethral resection (TUR), sometimes with immediate ...

Current American Urological Association guidelines recommend complete resection of any Ta or T1 bladder tumor. Growing evidence, however, suggests a role for conservative, expectant management in ...

For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), transurethral fulguration (TUF) is effective for alleviating pelvic pain, according to a study published online April 3 in Neurourology and Urodynamics.

UGN-102 shows a 79.6% complete response rate in recurrent low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. UGN-102 offers a non-surgical alternative, avoiding cystoscopy and anesthesia, ...

The main goals of cystitis glandularis treatment are to relieve the symptoms and signs of the condition, such as irritative voiding symptoms, obstruction and bleeding. By treating the lesions one also ...

There is currently no cure for interstitial cystitis and the aim of treatment is to relieve symptoms, with varying degrees of success depending on the individual patient. Simple changes to diet and ...

Pain control was achieved by TUF in 70.0 percent of 240 patients; 18 patients underwent cystectomy for intractable pain. (HealthDay News) — For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), transurethral ...