My partner has pTa grade 3 bladder cancer, diagnosed 3.5 yrs ago with a recurrence about 18 mths ago. He is on a second course of BCG. CT scan in December showed hydronephrosis and thickening of bladder wall. He had biopsies at the end of February and went to a consultant meeting a few weeks ago and was told they were normal but they wanted to do a repeat CT and a renogram to look at the kidney which wasn't draining well. Fast forward - CT scan has been repeated and consultant rang out of the blue to say he wants to do some deeper biopsies. Hydronephrosis looks better and thickening is better too. Is this unusual to want to do more biopsies at a deeper level with no negative change on the CT scan? Partner is confused / concerned. Surely they should have done appropriate biopsies in February? I feel the care has not been great recently - mixed messaging, delays etc.
