(Phys.org) —Although bladder cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat, the basic method that doctors use to treat it hasn't changed much in more than ...

The urinary system helps maintain the volume and chemical composition of fluids in the body. One of the main organs in the system are the kidneys, which filter waste products out of the body through ...

Individuals with an underactive bladder, for example following a spinal cord injury, often cannot sense bladder fullness or are unable to empty the bladder completely. This distressing symptom can ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat ...

This type of neurogenic bladder is caused by nerve damage and can create symptoms of incontinence or frequent urination. An uninhibited neurogenic bladder is a condition that causes difficulty with ...

A new drug-releasing system, TAR-200, eliminated tumors in 82% of patients in a phase 2 clinical trial for individuals with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer whose cancer had previously ...

If you have stage 3 bladder cancer, it means that cancer has spread into tissue outside your bladder. Stage 3 bladder cancer is treated with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, and has a ...

Engineers and doctors have designed a robotic surgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the US and the most expensive to treat. Although ...

Researchers have developed a new device that can monitor bladder volume in real-time and effectively empty the bladder. Individuals with an underactive bladder, for example following a spinal cord ...