Best Hospital

14 years 9 months ago #26083 by mmc
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Women have a shorter urethra which can be an issue with a neobladder.

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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14 years 9 months ago #26080 by britt
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Am I thinking wrong? I would guess that it would be easier with a woman as there is less "plumbing" to deal with. Not to ask for any intimate details it just seems that there would be leees to work with/go wrong with the bladder. Or is incontinance the issue when a female had an artificial bladder put in?

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14 years 9 months ago #26079 by Patricia
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Yes those are the top cancer hospitals ...now for top cancer hospitals that deal with tons of bladder cancer the ones closest to you are Johns Hopkins in Baltimore..Dr. Mark Schoenberg (Its also the #1 Urological Hospital in the US)

urology.jhu.edu/markschoenberg/index.php

.....Nashville maybe the next closest site at Vanderbilt..Dr. Chang
www.vicc.org/dd/dz/results.php?id=5
Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC...only top surgeons there, Herr, Bochner, Donat....they're all excellent.....

As for choices...for men..the neobladder seems to work pretty well and the better the surgeon the better the neo. For women..its tricky...success rate not as good as for men.
Depends on how far you want to travel...there are some great ones in Texas, Indiana at the Clarion Hospitals (hence the name Indiana pouch) St. Louis(Barnes-Jewish Hospital ..Dr. Adam Kibel, Iowa..Dr. O'Donnoll, U of Chicago......California..USC/Norris..Dr. Gill, UCSF..Dr. Konety...Cleveland Clinic..Drs. Campbell or Stephenson....and i could go on......??
Pat

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14 years 9 months ago #26076 by Moonerj
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Here is a list of top cancer hospitals in USA.
You are not far from Cleveland Clinic, Mem. Sloan
Both highly rated for bladder cancer


www.usnews.com/directories/hospitals/index_html/specialty+IHQCANC/

TA Grade 1
3 Turbts
30 BCG Treatments
Cancer Free since Nov 2007

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14 years 9 months ago #26075 by Moonerj
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T1 = Tumor invades subepithelial connective tissue
High Grade = Aggressive cancer

Jack

TA Grade 1
3 Turbts
30 BCG Treatments
Cancer Free since Nov 2007

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14 years 9 months ago #26074 by reseda1420
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Is an Indiana pouch used with a neobladder? If you can do a neobladder, it is the only way to go.

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