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9 years 4 months ago #47482 by sara.anne
Replied by sara.anne on topic NO MUSCULARIS PROPRIA SEEN.  
OK Anne.....that is it!! You need a urologist you can feel comfortable asking questions!!

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9 years 4 months ago #47481 by AnneH
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Thank you, I feel comfortable asking questions here, and not my uroligist.

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Anne.

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9 years 4 months ago #47477 by fighterm
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I read that there are several layers (mucosa and submucosa) before the muscle, so it maybe that the tumor did not penetrate these mucosal and submucosal layers and they see clear margins without muscle. Maybe the urologist did not want to make a big injury in the bladder wall without necessity. The main question to ask your urologist is do they see clear margins on the biopsy.

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9 years 4 months ago #47475 by sara.anne
Replied by sara.anne on topic NO MUSCULARIS PROPRIA SEEN.  
This is a good question for the urologist. However, I would guess that there was a lot of other, non-muscle tissue included with no sign of spread into it.

If you do go for a second opinion, this would be a good thing to discuss. Not getting enough tissue samples is a good reason why a second TURB is often recommended.

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9 years 4 months ago #47471 by AnneH
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Then how can they state non invasive if they didn't have muscle included? You have provided me with so many answers the past eight months. I want to thank you, I have been online for hour's trying to get the answer.

Thank you again Sara Anne

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9 years 4 months ago #47470 by sara.anne
Replied by sara.anne on topic NO MUSCULARIS PROPRIA SEEN.  
No muscle was in the biopsy sample

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