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What Are The Causes And Treatment For Bladder Tumors?

My sister is about to have her second transurethral resection this week, and after her first procedure, her surgeon told her that she has a lot of cancer. She saw an oncologist for a second opinion and he said that she was stage 1 CA. The wall of her bladder and kidneys are very thin thus they cannot give her chemo. My question is how fast does this type of cancer spread and about how long would she have to live. She also has a 9c nodule on her right lung.
Fri, 21 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your problem.
Bladder cancer with malignant nodule clasdify it as stage 4 cancer.
So it is inoperable. And patient usually offered only palliative treatment.
Usual life expectancy of stage 4 bladder cancer is less than 15-16 months.
Bladder cancer can spread by hematogenous route and lymphatic route.
So practically it metastatize to all organs of the body but common ones are liver, lung and brain.
So in your sister's case life expectancy is less than 12 months as tumour is already metastatize in lung.
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What Are The Causes And Treatment For Bladder Tumors?

Thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your problem. Bladder cancer with malignant nodule clasdify it as stage 4 cancer. So it is inoperable. And patient usually offered only palliative treatment. Usual life expectancy of stage 4 bladder cancer is less than 15-16 months. Bladder cancer can spread by hematogenous route and lymphatic route. So practically it metastatize to all organs of the body but common ones are liver, lung and brain. So in your sister s case life expectancy is less than 12 months as tumour is already metastatize in lung.