How big is an early stage bladder tumor?

Bladder tumor is also a relatively common tumor, which poses a great threat to the patient's health. When you have a bladder tumor, the most common symptom is hematuria, which is the most common symptom of early bladder cancer. Once similar symptoms appear, you should go to the hospital for corresponding examinations in time. Generally, the prognosis after treatment of bladder tumor is still good.

Analyzing 9 methods for diagnosing early bladder cancer

1. Urinalysis: can detect hematuria that is invisible to the naked eye. 2. Bimanual bladder examination: It can check the scope and depth of bladder tumor infiltration. The patient and doctor need to cooperate during the examination. Be careful to be gentle and avoid bleeding. 3. Cystoscopy: This is the main method for diagnosing bladder cancer. It can directly see the location, size, number, shape, infiltration, etc. of the bladder tumor, and can perform tumor biopsy at the same time.

4. CT examination: It can detect tumors and enlarged lymph nodes with an accuracy rate of 80%, and it helps in the staging of bladder tumors. 5. Type B ultrasound: This examination is non-invasive and painless to the patient. It can detect bladder tumors with a diameter of more than 0.5 cm. 6. Cystography: It is generally used to supplement the deficiencies of cystoscopy. If the tumor is too large, cystography can be used to view the entire picture. Double contrast imaging can show the tumor more clearly. 7. Urine cytology examination: As an early diagnostic method for bladder tumors, it is painless, convenient, and easy for patients to accept, but the diagnostic positive rate is not high and it is easily affected by inflammation. 8. Urine flow cytometry: It can rapidly measure the RNA and DNA in each cell in the urine in a very short time, thus accurately estimating the malignant potential of the tumor. 9. Photosensitivity diagnosis of hematoporphyrin derivatives: It helps to diagnose bladder cancer at an early stage and detect tiny lesions and carcinoma in situ that are difficult to detect by cystoscopy.

Guidance:

Surgery is the main method for treating bladder cancer. The specific scope and method of surgery should be determined based on a comprehensive analysis of the tumor's stage, malignancy, pathological type, size, location, and involvement of adjacent organs. The suggestions are as follows: 1. Keep the perineum area, especially the urethral acetabulum, clean to prevent infection. 2. Provide psychological care to help patients relieve tension, fear, disappointment and other negative mentalities, guide them to forget the disease, feel happy, and better cooperate with various treatments. How long can you live with bladder cancer? The right treatment is the key. If surgical treatment is chosen, the recurrence rate within two years is high, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy will cause great pain to the patient. Doctors can only conservatively tell patients that there is a 5-year survival rate for bladder cancer patients. If the treatment is combined with traditional Chinese medicine, the patient can have a longer survival period and will not relapse for at least 15 years.

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