Bladder cancers

Question 1

types of bladder cancer?

Answer 1

transitional cell - SMOKING huge RF, dyes, working in factories

Squamous cell - schistosomiasis- lake Malawi

Question 2

mx for bladder cancer?

Answer 2

TURBT +- intravesical chemo

Cystectomy + ileal conduit and stoma; urostomy

Question 3

Renal cell carcinoma finding on imaging?

Answer 3

canon ball mets on chest X-ray

Question 4

Renal cell carcinoma presentation?

Answer 4

haematuria
loin pain
abdominal mass

like a wilms tumour

Question 5

which hormones do testicular cancers produce?

Answer 5

Seminoma - bHCG
Teratoma - AFP

this means there could be hyperthyroidism or Gynaecomastia

Question 6

what questions to ask for haematuria?

Answer 6

painful or painless?
microscopic?
volume?
abodminal mass
systemic unwellness - fever

smoking - bladder cancer
Medications - blood thinners could do this

Question 7

what do we do with painless haematuria?

Answer 7

ALL painless haematuria to be seen in urology with 2WW

All get:
flexible cystoscopy
CT urogram - filling defect