Notalone,
I have attached a list of websites that provide reliable information about bladder cancer treatment and the potential course(s) of the disease. The first two listed sites provide a good background; the balance discuss details in endless detail. I like detail. Always check with your care team about anything of interest that you find on the internet.
Best to you and your husband,
Jack
NMIBC CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS
Below is my selected list of widely accepted treatment possibilities and potential application for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) and invasive BC.. These articles are all from trusted sources and/or authors. There is MUCH unreliable and potentially harmful bladder cancer information on the internet; both the author and the publication or promoting organization MUST be vetted.
Article # 1 below is a National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute introduction to bladder cancer. Basic background and overview of options.
Articles # 2, 3 and 4 are large group consensus documents on bladder cancer. There is some author overlap between documents. While there is general agreement between documents, there ARE some [minor..] differences in opinion on various points.
Article # 5 is from a smaller, well recognized association. This paper questions a couple of the finer points of current treatment practices and/or standards.
All together, the 5 articles run for some 100 to 125 pages. All are well indexed, so you can pick and choose parts that are applicable to your situation. This material provides a comprehensive starting point for researching YOUR areas of interest.
Only you and your care team are familiar with YOUR situation. Always talk to your doctor or provider about medical information your find online that seems to apply to YOU.
1) National Cancer Institute (NIH NCI) Bladder Cancer Overview
www.cancer.gov/types/bladder
2) Consensus Document, 2015, Source nature Reviews/Urology
www.nature.com/nrurol/journal/v12/n4/full/nrurol.2015.58.html
3) Consensus Document, 2016, American Urological association
4) Consensus Document, 2016, Canadian Urological Association
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771569/
5) Consensus Statement, 2017, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
jitc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40425-017-0271-0
Jack R
April 2018