Everything You Need to Know About Bladder Preservation with Dr. Leslie Ballas

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In Episode 57 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Leslie Ballas of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center about a topic on the minds of many patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer:  bladder preservation.  Even when the cancer has penetrated the bladder wall, can bladders still be saved?  Then answer (for some) is “yes,” and Rick and Dr. Ballas discuss:

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  • What bladder preservation is
  • Different types of preservation like tri-modality therapy
  • The role that radiation plays
  • Options that patients with metastatic bladder cancer may have
  • What oligometastatic bladder cancer is
  • The increase in attend paid to bladder preservation as an alternative to a radical cystectomy

If you like this episode, you’ll also want to listen to Episode 48: Is Bladder Preservation Right For You? with Dr. Jason Efstathiou.

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