Bladder Cancer Treatment in New Rochelle, New York (NY)

The main treatments for bladder cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, biological therapy, and radiation therapy. Your doctor also may prescribe a combination approach. Which treatments your doctor recommends will depend on a number of factors including where the cancer started and what stage the cancer is in.

Surgery for Bladder Cancer

Physically removing tissue affected by cancer may be the best approach. There are various surgical procedures available.

Transurethral resection (TUR) is a minimally invasive procedure used in the first stages of bladder cancer where the cancer is found only in the bladder’s inner lining. During TUR the surgeon inserts a hollow tube with a lighted camera (cystoscope) through the urethra and into the bladder. A tiny cutting tool is then threaded through the cystoscope to remove the cancer.

Open Surgery is indicated if either part of the bladder needs to be removed (partial cystectomy) or the entire bladder needs to be removed (radical cystectomy). During open surgery any affected lymph nodes will also be removed.

If a radical cystectomy is performed, urine flow will need to be redirected. This is accomplished either by urostomy, where a small opening (stoma) is created through in the skin, or by continent diversion, where a pouch is created near the bladder site. The pouch will either redirect urine through a stoma, or will be attached directly to the urethra.

Bladder Cancer Therapies

Chemotherapy is often used in conjunction with surgery. Chemotherapy drugs are used to kill cancer cells and are administered intravenously, orally, or by injection into the bladder.

Biological therapy, also known as biological response modifier therapy, employs the body’s own immune system to keep cancer from returning. It is usually administered once a week for several weeks after a TUR is performed. In biological therapy for bladder cancer, a catheter is inserted through the urethra and into the bladder. Your doctor will feed a liquid solution containing laboratory-grown bacteria into the bladder, which will need to be held in the bladder for approximately two hours to enable the solution to work.

Radiation therapy employs high-energy rays (radiation) to destroy bladder cancer cells, and may be used alone or in conjunction with surgery and chemotherapy.

Talk to your doctor about what treatment options are right for you.

About Dr. Stephen Trauzzi, MD, FACS

Advanced Urology Centers of New York (AUCNY), a Division of Integrated Medical Professionals, was formed by community urologists committed to providing the highest level of medical service available. The doctors of AUCNY continue to practice in the neighborhoods they have been serving for years while affording them access to technology and services that are just not available to most medical groups.

All AUCNY physicians are experts in their specialty. Most are board-certified, and many have additional fellowship training. The physicians are on staff at the leading hospitals in the New York metropolitan area, are active in clinical and academic research, participate in postgraduate medical education and lecture nationally and internationally on cutting edge breakthroughs in medicine.

This commitment to excellence has attracted the finest medical practitioners in the region and AUCNY has grown into the largest practice of its kind in the United States. By centralizing administrative services, the urologists of AUCNY can focus on what they do best: caring for you and your loved ones. AUCNY physicians, along with hundreds of medical and administrative staff, are committed to the delivery of state of art healthcare in a compassionate environment.

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