The decision gives certain patients whose cancer has resisted BCG therapy another treatment option aimed at preserving the bladder. Here’s who qualifies and what the evidence shows.

A 39-year-old man, who was an Iraq War veteran with exposure to burn pits, was admitted to the hospital with hypertension, ...

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Not everyone with kidney cancer will experience all of these symptoms. Only 10 percent to 15 percent of patients have the “ classic triad ” of flank pain, hematuria, and flank fullness. More than 60 ...

Lower abdominal pain after sexual intercourse can be uncomfortable and worrying, particularly when it happens repeatedly. While occasional discomfort may be linked to deep penetration, muscle tension, ...

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose people with bladder cancer more accurately than current standard methods. The test ...

Kidney cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can develop in one or both kidneys. You might have one kidney cyst or several. These cysts are usually round or oval shaped. There are several reasons why ...

Ken, like many men, had been nagged into coming to see me by his wife. She was exhausted. Every time he got up in the night to go to the loo, he woke her too – and what had started as once a night had ...