Patients with a common aggressive type of bladder cancer could get correct treatment significantly quicker as new research suggests that initial MRI imaging and biopsy could be used to reduce the time ...

Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich underwent a 30-minute procedure on Monday to evaluate abnormalities found on his bladder and remained overnight at Methodist Hospital while awaiting test results ...

After a diagnosis of urothelial cancer, doctors will assign a stage to the disease -- determining how deep the tumor has invaded into the bladder and whether there is any spread to the lymph nodes and ...

Unfortunately, there is no way today to identify which patients may not need to undergo bladder removal, a procedure that has a major impact on quality of life. The urine biopsy that Chaudhuri and his ...

Doctors use a combination of tests, including urinalysis, cystoscopy, urine culture, and bladder wall biopsy to diagnose interstitial cystitis. For males, they may also examine prostate secretions.

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Two recent studies describe the potential of liquid biopsies to identify and track tumor growth in two very different cancers: bladder cancer and peripheral nerve tumors. Despite the differences ...

Bladder stones are a common urological condition that develops when minerals in concentrated urine crystallize and form ...

A new study documents a sharp rise in office-based procedures for bladder cancer after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) boosted physician reimbursement for these procedures. The ...

Giving patients with suspected bladder cancer an MRI scan before surgery could mean they would be treated more quickly, leading to fewer deaths due to the disease, new research suggests. The findings, ...