Bladder stones are a common urological condition that develops when minerals in concentrated urine crystallize and form ...

What Is BCG Treatment for Bladder Cancer? Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the main immunotherapy used to treat early-stage bladder cancer. Immunotherapy uses your immune system to fight cancer. BCG ...

NMIBC treatment varies by tumor stage, grade, and prior therapies, with high-risk cases often requiring radical cystectomy. Bladder-preserving approaches include intravesical therapies like BCG, ...

Although bladder cancer ranks as the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with approximately 85,000 new cases diagnosed each year, it continues to receive limited awareness, advocacy, and ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Of the approximately 82,000 people diagnosed with bladder cancer in the U.S. each year [1], many find their quality of life completely upended. Between demanding symptoms, side effects of treatment, ...

A research team is shedding new light on Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a decades-old bladder cancer treatment, which is also given as vaccine against tuberculosis. The findings could help improve ...

Neurogenic bladder and bowel occur when nerve damage causes you to have difficulty controlling your bladder and bowel. If left untreated, they can cause serious complications. However, treatment can ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Bladder cancer hits men especially hard. The ...

Underactive bladder causes contractions that don’t fully empty your bladder. There are several possible causes of an underactive bladder, and treatment depends on factors such as underlying causes and ...

Bladder neck obstruction is a blockage in the bladder neck, which is the narrow part of the bladder that connects to the urethra and allows urine to leave the body. Bladder neck obstruction, or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Y chromosome loss helps bladder cancer tumors evade the body’s immune system response. Y chromosome loss may ...