whew! finally ! and a question for all

TaG3 + CIS. Treated with a course of Mitomycin C, but not at the time of the TURB. Never had a recurrence in 7¾ years... but hematuria and symptoms continue from complications (a urethral stricture) so I'm never fully worry-free - but mostly worry-free

Becky,
Glad to hear your good news, we go to the Glickman Urology Institute as well at the Cleveland Clinic, my husband will have his one year Sept. 20th check up after his r/c,,, I hope we to will be sharing good news LIKE YOU!!!

Ginger

I do not mean to take away from Becky's intent in this thread, but, this may be a good place to pipe in...

This morning I read a slide show presentation by Dr. Lamm where he states that optimal response with Mitomycin treatment occus within 6 hours of tumor resection...

There is ALSO a new method of optimized usage of Mitomycin C by using some sort of alkalinity predisposition.....

More on this in another thread sometime later...

I had Mitomycin C within 6 hours of both of my TURBS (one for original tumor and one for RESIDUAL tumor...)

This MAY have something to do with a reason for non recurrance for 2 1/2 years...who really knows?

My Doc no longer uses Mitomycin.....

Ro

I had initial diagnosis and TURB (one small, non-invasive,low grade papillary tumor) in May 2006. Went all clear for almost 2 years, but had 2 tiny tumors diagnosed in June 2008, removed in July (same exact type, even smaller, but in a different locations than the original). I was just started on BCG because of the recurrence, though I think there is disagreement about BCG for blc of this type. Some urologists use mitomycin after TURB in a case such as this, though mine did not.

Best of luck in celebrating many more all clears! I do think the longer the intervals between recurrences, the better the long-term prognosis is for hanging onto your bladder, but that's if the tumors are low grade and non-invasive.

Becky,

Congratulations, and yes, I feel it...WHEW!

I am 2 years and 7 months out from Dx and have not had a recurrence....whew...

Here's keeping the fingers crossed....

Ro

after one year i got, finally, a 100% certain results of cancer free. i have a question for others. what was everyones span of time between tumors ?????????????????????????????????? 6months 1 year 2-3 years????????????? becky:woohoo: