Hi All, I am new here and I'm inquiring about my BIL's recent diagnosis. I thought I knew a good amount of information about cancer, as I just lost my Dad from Lung cancer. I researched everything I could and I was his caretaker.
My BIL is a healthy 40yr old, who never smoked, always exercised and really is in good shape. He had trouble recently with UTI's and blood in his urine that didn't respond to antibiotics. He recently went in for I believe a laproscopy or some procedure where they scraped his bladder, and they diagnosed him with bladder cancer, on the lining of the bladder. His lining of the bladder is cancerous.
They also told him there was no tumor, which is good I assume. I thought there had to be a tumor somewhere to get cancer? He went for a CT scan of his kidneys, liver and lungs and it was all clear, it had not spread, not to mention, no tumors there either. Thank God.
He went for a second opinion which confirmed bladder cancer and will be meeting with an Oncologist next week to see where he goes from there. Is it possible to get bladder cancer without having a tumor anywhere? I just don't understand how that happens. Any help would be appreciated.
I would like to learn more to help Him and my Sister. To me, I think his prognosis will be better since there is no tumor? All I know is every website I visited about bladder cancer, mentioned "tumors", but no tumors have been found anywhere. As I mentioned my Dad had lung cancer, because he had a tumor in his lung. I don't understand really, but trying to learn so I can help them too.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.