Bladder cancer
Challenges in high-risk NMIBCDale (75 years old)
Dale is a 75-year-old otherwise healthy retired nurse. Now he is a volunteer in the local retirement home, where he organises walking trips for the residents.
He recently underwent a transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) of a papillary tumour at the right bladder wall, which was detected during a cystoscopic examination for painless haematuria.
Assessment summary
- Resection visually complete
- pTa high-grade (HG)
- Tumour diameter: 4.5 cm
- No lymphovascular invasion (LVI)
- Muscle in specimen