How can someone have bladder cancer?
Dr. Ernest Hage,
Urology
- very difficult to answer ! Gene ADN changes cause normal bladder cells to grow abnormally and form cancers .what causes this Adn changes ? chemicals in tobacco smoke ? other chemicals in the manifactu... Read More
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Can women have bladder cancer or does it mostly affect men?
Dr. Ernest Hage,
Urology
- bladder cancer affects men more frequently then women .
but still on an average of 100 patients , 30 of them are women
30%
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What treatments are available to treat bladder cancer?
Dr. Ernest Hage,
Urology
- treatment depends on the degree of the bladder infiltration .
Endoscopic resection for superficial tumors
total ablation of the bladder , Cystectomy , surgery or by laparoscopy , for infiltrated tumor... Read More
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What is the difference between bladder cancer and cancer of the gallblader? Are they the same?
Dr. Ernest Hage,
Urology
- bladder,or urinary bladder,is the organe or pouch that collects urine coming from kidneys and it sits on the pelvic floor
Gallblader is a pouch sitting under the liver and collects bile ,produced by l... Read More
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49 years old male has a prostate cancer gleason grade 7.is there a risk of having a metastase already if PSA=12? he has also a bladder cancer, now waiting for biopsy result to see if same cancer
Dr. Chady Waked,
Urology
- With a Gleason of 7 and a PSA of 12 the risk of distal metastasis and specially to the lymph nodes is low around 10% but there bigger risk of locally advanced disease witch is ruled out by digital rec... Read More
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49 years old male has a prostate cancer gleason grade 7.is there a risk of having a metastase already if PSA=12? he has also a bladder cancer, now waiting for biopsy result to see if same cancer
2 Answers
Dr. Chady Waked,
Urology
- With Gleason 7 and PSA of 12 the risk of distant metastasis specially to the lymph nodes is around 10%. But the risk of locally extended disease is higher this can be ruled out by the a digital rectal... Read More
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