My Treatment Options
Bladder cancer treatment depends on the exact type, grade, and stage in your pathology report, and on your own health and goals. This page is a starting point only. It explains options in general terms — your doctor will tell you which ones fit your case. Choose the door that matches where you are.
Thinking about surgery to remove the bladder? See Removing the bladder (cystectomy) and urinary diversion. It is the long-standing standard option and the one that other bladder-sparing options are compared against.
New to the words in your pathology report? The pathology decoder explains one term at a time, and the risk-group explainer describes what low, intermediate, and high risk usually mean.
Do not have a question answered here? Call the office number on your discharge paperwork. For an emergency, call 911.