Pay attention to half-year follow-up after bladder cancer surgery. What is the prognosis of advanced bladder cancer?

With the ever-increasing pace of life and the increasing pressure of life, many people have bladder cancer. Many people will be horrified when they hear about cancer. In fact, bladder cancer is not as terrible as imagined. So what are the precautions, especially after surgery? And how can we detect bladder cancer in the early stage in our daily life to provide precious treatment time for our treatment? Next, I will tell you about it and hope it will be helpful to you.

If the patient has hematuria, urinary pain or other discomfort, the infusion should be suspended until the discomfort disappears. The two years after bladder cancer surgery is the key observation period, and cystoscopy should be reviewed every six months. In life, there are no special taboos in diet. It is recommended to eat a light diet, quit smoking, drink plenty of water, and keep urination unobstructed.

Among the epithelial tumors of the entire urinary tract, hematuria is a very important symptom, professionally known as painless hematuria, which includes macroscopic hematuria, where the human eye can see blood in the urine, or microscopic hematuria, which looks normal to the naked eye, but contains red blood cells under a microscope. Painless hematuria should be highly vigilant, especially for older people. Painless macroscopic hematuria must be checked. Hematuria does not necessarily mean tumor. If combined with symptoms such as frequent urination and urgency, the chance of urinary tract infection may be a little higher, but pain may not necessarily be bladder cancer. Painlessness is critical.

Bladder cancer, like other cancers, is mainly treated with surgery. The treatment varies according to the size of the tumor. If the tumor is very small and only in the mucosal layer, and has not metastasized to the deep bladder or surrounding areas, surgery can be avoided and the tumor cells can be directly cut off or burned through the urethra, but regular check-ups are required after treatment.

If the tumor cells have infiltrated deep into the bladder muscle, part of the bladder or the entire bladder can be removed. When the bladder is completely removed, in order not to affect the quality of life, another "bladder" needs to be made. Generally, a section of ileum is cut from the patient to make the bladder, the ureter is connected to it, and an opening is made in the abdomen for urination.

Bladder cancer patients are very likely to relapse after surgery, but if they are treated promptly after relapse, they can still be cured. Therefore, bladder cancer patients should be checked regularly after surgery so that recurrence can be detected early. Generally, a cystoscopy is performed every three months.

Bladder tumors of different stages have different disease severity and prognosis. Tumor stage is the most important prognostic factor for bladder cancer. Generally speaking, only a few low-stage tumors will progress to severe invasive bladder cancer. About 15% of bladder cancer patients already have invasive or metastatic tumors when they are first diagnosed and cannot be cured.

The key to improving prognosis is early diagnosis and treatment. Elderly patients with bladder cancer have low immune function, so enhancing the body's immune function should be part of the treatment.

I wonder if you have a certain understanding of bladder cancer through the above description? In fact, don’t be overly nervous after knowing that you have cancer. Keep a calm mind, pay attention to having a good mood every day, and actively cooperate with the treatment. Sometimes many people are not defeated by the disease but are afraid all day long, always thinking that they will not live. The depressed mood all day long causes the disease to deteriorate rapidly, and finally lose their precious lives.