How long can you live with bladder cancer

The pathological types of bladder cancer include bladder urothelial carcinoma, bladder squamous cell carcinoma, bladder adenocarcinoma, and other rare bladder clear cell carcinoma, bladder small cell carcinoma, bladder carcinoid, etc. The most common of these is bladder urothelial carcinoma, accounting for more than 90% of the total number of bladder cancer patients. So how long can patients with bladder cancer live?

1. There is no accurate number for how long a bladder cancer patient can live. It depends on which stage of bladder cancer the patient belongs to. If it is early-stage bladder cancer, after treatment, the chance of survival is more than 90%, and the patient can live for more than ten years. If it is late-stage bladder cancer, the chance of survival is only about 30%, and the survival time may only be a few months. Timely treatment is necessary in the early stages.

2. There are ways to treat bladder cancer. The sooner the treatment is started, the better the effect will be. First of all, surgical treatment can be performed. However, the specific scope and method of surgery for bladder cancer should be determined based on a comprehensive analysis of the stage, malignancy and pathological type of the bladder cancer tumor, as well as the size, location, and involvement of adjacent organs. Other treatments should also be performed after surgical treatment, because surgical treatment can only remove tumors visible to the naked eye, and some spread cancer cells cannot be eliminated.

3. Radiotherapy can also be performed, which is the main measure in the treatment of bladder cancer. Radiotherapy can be performed before or after surgery. If the bladder cancer patient is in the late stage of the disease, loses the opportunity for surgery or refuses surgery, or has recurrence after surgery, palliative radiotherapy can achieve certain therapeutic effects. Chemotherapy can also be performed, including intravesical instillation chemotherapy, systemic chemotherapy, arterial infusion chemotherapy, etc.

Patients with bladder cancer should not always think about how long they can live. The survival time depends on many factors such as the patient's treatment method, physical condition, and mental state. Don't put too much psychological burden on yourself, as this will aggravate the condition and affect the treatment effect. You should have confidence in fighting the disease.