Wow, that is hopeful. That could be good news for sibelsue's father and many others, including myself. I'm coming up on my two year mark in August. I hope I can cross that line cancer free.
To the point though, I know that I will always have a good chance of recurrence as that is the nature of our type of cancer. But this study gives me hope that maybe if it does come back I won't have to lose my bladder. I tell people the good news is that I had a very survivable form of cancer. The bad news is that it often comes back and often times the way to survive it is that patients lose their bladders. Maybe that's a little pessimistic but I find that I am never truly "free" anymore in relation to the illness I had.
sibelsue - best of luck with your father's treatments.
08/16/16 - TURBT - 1 tumor, T1HG, 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 1.8 cm, non-invasive papillary.
BCG treatments (15 doses total - last March, 2018). As of latest cysto, As of May 4, 2023 - cancer free!