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Bladder Cancer Learning Center

Treatments could include:
The choice of treatment depends on the stage of the tumor, the severity of the symptoms, and the presence of other medical conditions.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 12, 2009
Treatment for bladder cancer depends on the stage of the disease and how deeply the cancer has penetrated the bladder wall. It also depends on the grade of the cancer and on the patient's general health status and personal preferences. Most likely...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Most alternative treatments for cancer should be used in addition to allopathic treatment. A well-developed treatment plan for cancer should be discussed with an oncologist or other physician. Studies indicate that garlic may be used to stop the s...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Treatment for bladder cancer depends on the stage of the tumor. The patient's medical history, overall health status, and personal preferences are also taken into account when deciding on an appropriate treatment plan. The three standard modes of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article focuses on cancer chemotherapy.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Chemotherapy is treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Chemotherapy, sometimes referred to as "chemo," is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anti- cancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body's natural immune response .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body's natural immune response.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Immunologic therapy is an approach to the treatment of disease that uses medicines for stimulating the body's natural immune response.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Venom immunotherapy is the process of injecting venom to treat various conditions. The most common form of venom immunization is bee venom therapy (BVT), with honeybee venom or stingers used to treat conditions. BVT is one form of apitherapy , whi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Transurethral bladder resection is a surgical procedure, performed under sedation or anesthesia, with a lighted tube inserted through the urethra (the small tube-like structure that allows urine to empty from the bladder), into the bladder. It pla...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Transurethral bladder resection is a surgical procedure used to view the inside of the bladder, remove tissue samples, and/or remove tumors. Instruments are passed through a cystoscope (a slender tube with a lens and a light) that has been inserte...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy penetrating radiation (x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, and neutron rays) to kill cancer cells.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Cystectomy is a surgical procedure that removes all or part of the urinary bladder, the muscular organ that collects urine from the kidneys for excretion at a later time. Partial or segmental cystectomy removes part of the bladder; simple cystecto...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Cystectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the bladder.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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