Choosing the right Doc & Hospital

just to claify...i was T2a but only Grade 2.....if i had been grade 3 chemo would have been suggested. I actually had 5 opinions on it....including Dr. Stein at USC/Norris, Johns Hopkins, The Cleveland Clinic, Indiana U, and MSK.
Pat

No i did not have preventive chemo. On the second turb all margins and cancer was removed by Dr. Herr. I only had one tumor..actually quite small but lethal. All my scans were clean and I proceeded with the cystectomy 2 months later and removal of 36 lymph nodes which were also all clean so i escaped the chemo route. If the pathology on the second TURB shows more progression then yes chemo would be indicated..or if the CT scan showed up any involved nodes.
Pat

2nd Turbt tomorrow and ct scan. So, did you have preventative chemo prior to surgery?

kitty...that was the exact pathology i had....but i had a second TURB at Memorial Sloan in NYC..they rarely make a mistake in staging. What its saying is its invasive into the superficial layer of muscle and that node or distant mets cannot be determined. Has he had a CT scan, a bone scan, chest x-ray, blood work?
I'm just surprised he didn't suggest a second TURB?
Pat

Sorry I didn't answer all of your questions. Grade 2/3, musle invasive, 2nd Turbt tomorrow to cauterize bleeding and look/scrape