| Engineers develop non-invasive method for detecting bladder cancer |
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February 8, 2019 |
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The latest bladder cancer news from News Medical |
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 | | |  A new study suggests that antibiotics are being overused in up to 60 percent of patients undergoing common urological procedures. The study, led by Daniel Livorsi, MD, University of Iowa assistant professor of internal medicine, shows that the high rates of overuse were mostly due to extended use of antibiotics following the procedure. | | | | |  The human bladder’s main function is to collect and store urine produced by the kidneys. Cancer is a disease caused by the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells within a specific part of the body. Research estimates that over 80,000 adults in the United States will be diagnosed with bladder cancer each year. | | | | |  In a study of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who had undergone radical cystectomy, cigarette smoking was linked with poor response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. | | | | |  The Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute awarded research grants to four projects that focus on understanding how treatment of bladder cancer affects women, why the disease has a less favorable outcome for women than men, and how biology could play a role in offering new targets for cancer therapy. | |
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