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    Bladder Cancer

    1 Hoag Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92663

    (949) 722-6237

    Treatment Options for Bladder Cancer

    Treatment options for bladder cancer depend on many factors, including how advanced the cancer is when detected, your age and any other health issues you may have.

    Advanced Surgical Treatments at Hoag

    Hoag Family Cancer Institute’s bladder cancer team includes experienced, fellowship-trained urologic surgical oncologists who utilize the latest techniques in surgical management of bladder cancer.

    Advanced surgical approaches for bladder cancer include:

    • Minimally invasive laparoscopic robotic surgery using a DaVinci Robotics platform. Learn more about the benefits of Hoag’s DaVinci robotics program.

    • Open or traditional surgery

    Additional surgical procedures include:

    • Local excision

    • Transurethral resection (TUR) with fulguration

    • Segmental or partial cystectomy

    • Radical cystectomy

    • Urinary diversion:

      • Ileal Conduit – Using an external pouch to collect urine through an abdominal opening called a stoma.

      • Indiana Pouch (also known as continent urinary reservoir, continent cutaneous pouch or continent cutaneous diversion) – Creation of an internal reservoir to collect urine which is then emptied using a catheter inserted through a stoma to drain urine from the neobladder.

      • Ileal Neobladder – Creation of an internal pouch which is connected to the urethra, allowing patients to pass urine through their urethra once urinary control is regained. Patients may have to self-catheterize to drain urine while regaining urinary control.

    Non-Surgical Treatment Options

    As a full-service cancer center, Hoag offers both inpatient and outpatient options to provide the full spectrum of therapeutic care and support. All outpatient services are located right here in Orange County.

    Our non-surgical treatment options for bladder cancer include:

    • Immunotherapy (including Cell Therapy)

      • Intravesical immunotherapy introduced directly into the bladder

      • Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and other anti-cancer drug therapies

      • Systemic immunotherapy administered through a vein directly into blood stream

    • Radiation Therapy

    • Chemotherapy (sometimes including cisplatin)

      • Intravesical chemotherapy with mitomycin or gemcitabine introduced directly into the bladder

      • Systemic chemotherapy administered through a vein directly into blood stream

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