Bladder Cancer Treatment

Our team of doctors led by Dr Sreekanth, work closely with patients to provide them with the best outcomes possible.

Bladder Cancer Surgery
Surgery is usually the first treatment for bladder cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body. We offer many kinds of surgery for people with bladder cancer. This includes transurethral resection of the bladder tumor for early-stage disease. For more-advanced disease, we may perform a cystectomy. This is the removal of the bladder. If the bladder needs to be removed, we may be able to create a new bladder, called a neobladder, using intestinal tissue.

Chemotherapy for Bladder Cancer
Chemotherapy is a drug or combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. After surgery for early-stage bladder cancer that has not grown into the muscle, we may give chemotherapy directly into the bladder through a tube placed in the urethra. For later-stage bladder cancer, we may give systemic chemotherapy. This form of chemotherapy is usually injected into a vein. The drugs circulate throughout the body and kill cancer cells wherever they are.

Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer
Radiation therapy may be given either before surgery to shrink the cancer or after surgery to destroy any cancer cells that are left. Our doctors may recommend radiation for people having surgery to preserve their bladder. We may also use radiation in place of surgery depending on the specifics of the cancer.