First of all, bladder cancer found in early stage will not be life-threatening as long as there is no metastasis, so don’t worry too much.
Secondly, bladder cancer is difficult to treat and easy to recur, so clinically, it is mostly treated by comprehensive treatment, i.e. transurethral bladder tumor electrosurgery + postoperative bladder infusion chemotherapy.
Again, regular follow-up and review should be paid attention to. As long as you pay attention to the review to prevent metastasis, it will not be life-threatening.
In addition, infusion chemotherapy has no effect on the quality of life because it is not systemic chemotherapy, so there will be no side effects such as hair loss.
Therefore, the disease is not really scary but troublesome because the patient has to undergo frequent bladder infusion chemotherapy and surgery after recurrence.
Bladder cancer, like other cancers, is mainly treated by surgery. The treatment varies during surgery depending on the size of the tumor. If the tumor is small and is only in the mucosal layer and has not metastasized deep into or around the bladder, the tumor cells can be cut off or branded to death directly through the urethra without surgery, but it should be checked frequently after treatment.
If the tumor cells have infiltrated deep into the bladder muscle, part of the bladder or the whole bladder can be removed. When the bladder is completely removed, in order not to affect the quality of life, another “bladder” is needed, usually a section of ileum is cut from the patient’s body as a bladder, the ureter is attached to it, and then an opening is made in the abdomen for urination.
Bladder cancer patients are very prone to recurrence after surgery, but if the recurrence can be treated in time, it can still be cured. Therefore, bladder cancer patients should be examined frequently after surgery so that once the recurrence can be detected early, and cystoscopy is usually done once every three months.