my father was diagonised with grade 2 transitional cell papillary cell carcinoma of the bladder.?

Question

the tumour size was big 10cm. since he is 67 years old and has heart problems was adviced radiation therapy. after 21 radiations the tumour size waas considrably reduuced and what was remaining was removed by cystoscopy. the parts removed by cystoscopy showed positive in biopsy. what does this mean , can anybody please tell me what to expect now, whether he is still in the clutches of cancer or not?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I honestly doubt the poster who said he/she was a "med student" is in a graduate medical program. Maybe a undergrad pre-med major (e.g. psychology, biology, etc.) but, not accepted to medical school. His/her answers are not only rude but incorrect/misleading.

First, let me say I'm sorry to hear about your father.

Grade II is refers to the amount of dyplasia (a measure of abnormal cell growth). Cancer cells are different from normal cells in they are not mature cells and do not function properly. Stem cells differentiate into their respective mature cells (kidney, blood, muscle, etc.) In cancer, they are suspended in a immature state. Typical signs of dyplasia include large, malformed cell nucleus. Grade II is not the worse but not the best either. The higher the grade, the more aggressive and resistant usually.

A 10cm tumor could have been shrunk with chemotherapy and/or radiation. When down to a certain size, surgery is possible to remove it. Chemotherapy and radiation work by disrupting the DNA replication of (rapidly) active dividing cells like cancer cells. This may cause cells to do one of 3 things: commit suicide (apoptosis), develop resistance to the treatment, or mutate a healthy cell. The goal is the apoptosis of more of the cancer cells than healthy cells.

I doubt they removed a tumor(s) with a cystoscopy unless it was superficial. A cystoscope is not capable of removing a large tumor. It is more used for diagnosis and retrieving tissue samples. I suspect they did the cytoscopy to collect sample bladder tissue to perform a biopsy on.

"Positive" in a biopsy is a word you never want to hear. It means they detected cancer. Further treatment is likely. My guess would be more radiation and/or chemotherapy. Although there are guidelines for a lifetime dosage of radiation, after 21 treatments, he may be approaching the limit. Heart problems may limit further chemotherapy as many chemotherapy drugs are cardiotoxic. Perhaps a clinical trial may be suggested.

What to expect? I don't know the details about your father's case such as histology and staging. So, I don't want to guess. However, most bladder cancers have a high 5-year survival rate. In addition, people can and have had spontaneous remissions from cancer. Maybe your father can be one of them.

Answer 3

jj......just be glad the other one is still a med student....with his beginning bedside manner he will not make it long.
I think you meant with your fathers heart condition they did not want to do a surgery but elected to do radiation to reduce the tumor first? So then the Cystoscopy was preformed......he will be followed for a long time....first once a month, then every 3 months, if no recurrance time will extend but he will always have to be closely followed by his doctors. The tumor was only reduced in size by the radiation....they got the correct dx when they removed what was remaining so yes it was cancer.
Best of luck to you and to your father...

Answer 4

Uhm.. Im a med student...
GRADE 2.... C'mon.... There's no such thing!!!
what's next... Grade 3 and then Grade 6....

Cytoscopy doesn't remove heart problems... Radiation doesn't also heal you, idiet... Radiation mutates a cell and thus causing deformities in specific cells... You're such a stupid moronic idiet...
Saying that you're father is dying is WRONG!

Karma's a *****

Answer 5

Sorry to say, he is still in clutches of clutches of Ca, but relieved off momentarily, so any time it will show up again.,stay in contact with the urologist.