Bladder Cancer Treatments

What types of bladder cancer treatments are available?

 Main treatment procedures:

• Transurethral Resection of a Bladder Tumor (TURBT)
• Intravesical Therapy
• Bladder Removal Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Bladder Preservation with Combined-Modality Therapy (CMT)
• Immunotherapy
• Palliative Care
• Clinical Trials
• For advanced bladder cancer

What are clinical practice guidelines?

Clinical practice guidelines (or simply “guidelines”) are recommendations on how to diagnose and treat disease, like bladder cancer. Developed by experts after reviewing the research that improves the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of cancer care, guidelines help doctors find the best treatment options for different stages and grades of bladder cancer.

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