Patients with a common aggressive type of bladder cancer could get correct treatment significantly quicker as new research suggests that initial MRI imaging and biopsy could be used to reduce the time ...

Discover how urine biopsy offers a less invasive and more accurate method for detecting bladder, kidney, and prostate cancers ...

Doctors use a combination of tests, including urinalysis, cystoscopy, urine culture, and bladder wall biopsy to diagnose interstitial cystitis. For males, they may also examine prostate secretions.

Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor, or TURBT, is a procedure that allows your surgeon to biopsy or remove a tumor from the inside of your bladder while leaving the bladder intact. Because the ...

After a diagnosis of urothelial cancer, doctors will assign a stage to the disease -- determining how deep the tumor has invaded into the bladder and whether there is any spread to the lymph nodes and ...

"With its potential for screening, recurrence monitoring, treatment guidance, and prognosis prediction, utDNA is poised to transform bladder cancer management and personalize patient care." — Liang ...

Cancer claims more than 10 million lives every year globally. Research shows that detecting cancer early can greatly improve a patient's chance of survival. And yet we lack reliable, affordable tools ...

Blood- and urine-based ctDNA profiling and monitoring in bladder carcinoma in situ. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2026 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include ...

Stage 3 bladder cancer refers to a tumor that reaches outside the bladder. It may have spread into nearby lymph nodes and other tissue. Like all cancers, doctors use stages for bladder cancer. Staging ...

The procedure eliminates the need for admission and anaesthetic recovery, hospital bosses say.