Is bladder cancer easy to treat?

Is bladder cancer treatable?

Bladder cancer may or may not be easy to treat, depending on the stage of the bladder cancer.

Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor disease originating from the bladder. According to the TNM staging system, bladder cancer can be divided into stage O, stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV.

Stage O and early I are early bladder cancers, which are usually easier to treat because the early cancer has not yet spread to the bladder wall, lymph nodes, or muscle layers of other organs. Most patients will have symptoms of hematuria in the early stages, which are easy to detect and can be treated with surgery in time, including transurethral bladder tumor resection, cystectomy, etc., and postoperative bladder instillation therapy. Most patients have a good prognosis and their lives will not be in danger.

If bladder cancer is found and has progressed to stage II, III, and IV, it is relatively difficult to treat. The cancer has spread to the bladder wall and even lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis. Most patients require cystectomy and adjuvant treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy after surgery. Some patients may not be able to undergo surgical treatment, so the prognosis is relatively poor.