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IMPROVED TREATMENT.
LACEE: IN THE MEDICA ALERT, MAY
AWARENESS MONTH.
MORE THAN 74,000 NEW
CASES ARE DIAGNOSED IN
THE
U.S. EACH YEAR.
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK
MORE ABOUT IT IS DR.
WITH THE
CANCER INSTITUTE.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
I FEEL LIKE WE HEAR SO
OFTEN ABOUT MANY
CANCER.
CANCER IS KNOWN
AS THE INVISIBLE CANCER.
RADAR.
>> OKAY.
TELL ME INFORMATION
ABOUT BLADDER CANCER
AWARE OF.
>> FOR ONE THING THAT
PEOPLE TO
KNOW IT IS CAUSED BY
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
WE COULD PREVENT ABOUT
HALF OF BLADDER CANCERS
BY ELIMINATING CIGARETTE
SMOKING.
THE OTHER THING THAT
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, IT IS
USUALLY THE FOURTH OR
FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF
CANCER.
MEN.
TWO
OR THREE MORE TIMES
MORE COMMON THAN WOMEN.
WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY
GET A MORE AGGRESSIVE
FORM OF THE DISEASE.
THER ARE
BIOLOGICA
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MALE
AND FEMALE.
15,000
PEOPLE DIE A YEAR.
>> THE ONES THAT DON'T
DIE HAVE LIFELONG
SURVEILLANCE.
IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE
CANCER TO TREAT ACROSS
THE BOARD.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T
FAMILIAR, CAN YOU TELL A
COUPLE OF SYMPTOMS?
A
LOT LIKE BLADDER
INFECTION.
SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFICULT SOMETIMES
TO GET
TO A DIAGNOSIS
QUICKLY.
BLOOD IN THE URINE IS
THE NUMBER ONE THING
GO IN TO THE
DOCTORS FOR.
TYPICALLY BLOOD IN THE
URINE MEANS SOMETHING
ELSE.
AGAIN IT USUALLY
MEANS A
SYMPTOM OF INFECTION.
IF THERE'S A FOLLOW UP
AND THE
DOCTOR LOOKS IN
THE BLADDER
USING A
FIBEROPTIC SCOPE, HE OR
SHE CAN SEE
TUMORS.
FOR MOST PEOPLE IT IS
ENOUGH TO KEEP IT UNDER
CONTROL.
DEFINITELY.
BUT FOR OTHER BLADDER
CANCERS THAT ARE ON
PACE, THEY CAN PROGRESS
>> IT IS NICE WHEN WE
MONTH.
IT CAN DO A DOUBLE
CHECK.
DO YOU SUGGEST PEOPLE
LIKE THIS?
>> I WOULD SUGGEST
GETTING MORE
INFORMATION.
A SMOKER.
IF YOU
HAVE A FAMILY
HISTORY.
IF YOU'VE WORKED WITH
INDUSTRIAL CHECK
--
CHEMICALS, HAIR
ASSOCIATED
WITH BLADDER CANCER.
WE HAVE A
GREAT SOURCE
OF INITIAL INFORMATION
FOR PEOPLE.
TO