Complication
The
common complications you can face because of bladder cancer, are listed in
following ;
1) Urinary tract
Infection : your urinary tract can
develop block along path from kidneys to bladder or just at junction of ureters
and bladder. Dilatation of pelvi-calyceal system, hydronephrosis may result.
The resulting complication is infection of your urinary tract.
2) Metastasis or spread
: Your bladder cancer can spread either
locally to adjacent surrounding lymph nodes, bones and peritoneum, or to
distant organs like lungs and liver.
3) Depression : This is undeniable reality
that after you are told about having bladder cancer, you life just gets into
shock mode. Until you come to terms
depression sets in. You feel gloomy and hopeless.
4) Recurrence of
cancer : This not uncommon happening, several years
after treatment. Follow up of your bladder cancer hence becomes necessary.
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Pharmaceutical therapies
The
modalities of treating your bladder cancer largely depend upon the stage or
invasive nature of your tumor. It is to be managed by team of experts, includes
RIA expert, surgeons and your consultant oncologist. The following standard protocol may be
applied alone or in combination, in your bladder cancer treatment;
1) Surgery : This is generally applied for
non-invasive superficial cancer of bladder. It is done by trans-urethral route.
The technique is termed “TURBT” or
transurethral resection of bladder tumor. It has shown very good results, but
meticulous follow up is advised to you after your tumor has been removed.
Although recurrence is not uncommon, but placing chemotherapeutic agent
(Mitomycin C) inside your bladder at TURBT, will minimize the risk of
recurrence.
2) Radiation
therapy : you may be subjected to high energy x-ray or
ionizing radiation, which will kill or inhibit
the cancer cells growth in your bladder. Either applied as external
radiation to your bladder, from machine outside or radiation in form of
internal radioactive substance placement into the cancer or near it, through
needle or probe or catheter.
Chemotherapy set
3) Chemotherapy :
The chemotherapy applied in your
bladder cancer can be intravesical. All the chemo medicine not only just kill
cancer cells but the also damage the surrounding normal cells. This is done by
means of tube passed through urethra into your cancerous bladder. Following
chemo drugs will be given for your bladder cancer :
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Cisplatin
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Mitomycin
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Methotrexate
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Vinblastine
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Doxorubicin
These
chemotherapeutic agents are given intravenously in slow infusion. Whereas
misogynic C is instilled or place locally into your bladder tumor mixed with
sterilized distilled water.
Side
effects of chemotherapy you may experience are, nausea ,vomiting, headaches,
weakness , appetite, loss of hairs, loss of weight, marked lowering of immunity
with risk of severe infection attacking your body. Irritation with bladder
lining inflammation, anemia, thrombocytopenia(lowering platelets count) with
easy bruising, oral thrush(fungal infection ),dry and soreness of skin, brittle
nails, memory impairment.
Biological
therapy : The principle of treatment is based on
boosting your immune system to fight the aggressive and damaging cancer cells.
You will receive BCG vaccine(bacillus calmette Guerin), locally instilled into
your cancerous bladder. This is most suited in non-invasive, initial stages of
your cancer. It also minimizes risk of recurrences. It enhances the immune
system, which targets and kills your bladder cancer cells.
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Interferon: is yet
another treatment ,which works in same manner as BCG, enhancing your immunity.
It is produced in body naturally and synthetically manufactured Interferon µ2b is used to have the effect. The mode is
instillation into cancer area of your bladder through intra-urethral tube.
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