My Mom Was Diagnosed With Bladder Cancer And Is Refusing Treatment How Long Can We Expect Her To Live ?

Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020

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Question : hello, my mom was diagnosed with bladder cancer and is refusing treatment how long can we expect her to live ? here is the diagnoses below
DIAGNOSIS:

BLADDER, TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION:
- HIGH-GRADE PAPILLARY UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA, INVADING INTO LAMINA
PROPRIA
- DETRUSOR MUSCLE IS PRESENT AND UNINVOLVED BY CARCINOMA
- PLEASE SEE SURGICAL PATHOLOGY CASE SUMMARY

SURGICAL PATHOLOGY CASE SUMMARY
MACROSCOPIC SUMMARY
Procedure: Transurethral Resection (TURBT)
Tumor Site: Not specified
MICROSCOPIC SUMMARY
Histologic Type: Papillary urothelial carcinoma, invasive
Histologic Grade: High-grade
Tumor Configuration: Papillary
Muscularis Propria Presence: Muscularis propria (detrusor muscle)
present
Lymphovascular Invasion: Not identified
Tumor Extension: Tumor invades lamina propria (subepithelial
connective tissue)

Answered by Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Without treatment you can expect to survive for one year

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for query .

Based on the facts that you have posted your mother seems to have been diagnosed to have High Grade Papillary Carcinoma of Urinary Bladder .

Since it has infiltrated into Lamina Propria and if left untreated further infiltration in to perivascular tissue and lympho Vascular spread is likely to be very fast ,

Though it is very difficult to predict period of survival precisely you can expect her to survive for one year .

Hope I have answered your query ,please feel free to ask if you have more questions,I shall be happy to help you
Thanks and Regards.
Dr.Patil.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (7 hours later)

ok thank you, what issues should we be on the look out for that this cancer is progressing and will this be a drawn out process of pain for my mom or does it move quickly at the end stage of the disease. also she has had t-cell lymphoma for 2 years

Answered by Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You need to monitor symptoms and her general health

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for follow up .

You need to monitor her general health and symptoms that she may develop like pain in lower abdomen ,blood in urine ( Hematuria) and other symptoms depending upon the spread of disease in distant organs like liver , brain ,lungs etc .

Thanks and Regards.
Dr Patil.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar