fathers diagnosis

Thank you so much for your response I needed that before I fell asleep that offers much piece if mind . He is a strong man and we are right here beside him. I will keep this updated x

I am in Dublin Ireland . I know this is us forum but it seemed a good place to go . The consultant is an esteemed oncologist of the urinary area so I am hoping this is best. He has myself my two sisters and my mum by his side.
I am just wondering why they can't definitely tell us if there is lymph gland involvement . Is there many cases of bladder cancer spreading to a ureter ?
Thank you for responding X

Hey guys
Really great to have somewhere to talk and I hope I can really get something from this. My father Is 60 years old. In great shape and always well . One month ago he started to pass clots in his urine and was reffered to a urologist.
He was admitted and had a ct scan and a scope done. They found a polyp on his bladder and knew immediately it was malignant . We went home and we're told to come back in two weeks. He advised that 4/5 times it has not progressed past the lining.
Last week we went in for results. He said although it came back as superficial his ct scan showed bladder wall thickening and they think it was a problem with the sample and it has muscle invaded. It is on the cuff of his bladder blocking his ureter we knew this as they could not get a stent in and had to go in from the side.
We were then told to wait for an on ocologist appt
We went today and he said it is 5cm tumour and is starting to go up his ureter . He said the lymph node close by is enlarged and is suspicious but not verified as involved. It also came back high grade he said his treatment was 6 rounds of mvac followed by removal of his kidney and the cuff of his bladder.
Fortunately we have never had a history of cancer in our family but also it means we have no idea what we aare dealing with. I have no idea where we stand of what to expect .
He did said the treatment was definitive and he felt he could be cured but has anyone had a kidney removal or could tell me more about mvac ? My dad is pretty old school and stoic about it all and we are all falling apart he also has no idea how to get on the Internet so would love to give him more info first hand .
Any information or interpretation of stage of this would be amazing
Thank you
Rebecca X