Prostate cancer and then bladder cancer?

Grundo 6 months ago

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Hi all

This is for a friend of a friend so don't have a lot of detail.

He was diagnosed with PC some years ago and has been on AS since the diagnosis . Then about 1 year ago he was diagnosed with bladder cancer , apparently not to do with the PC.

He is obviously very confused and the question is , does anyone know the likelihood of getting two different cancers together like that. I think he has had some treatment for the bladder cancer, flushed out with chemo I think.

Thanks

Steve

Alwayshope 6 months ago

Hi Steve.

I know we have had a few on the forum with concomitant prostate cancer and bladder cancer. The incidence of prostate cancer followed by bladder cancer is quite low but information from biopsy on cystoprostatectomy samples have been found to show 24 to a 51% occurrence of prostate cancer.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrurol.2017.124

Another report suggests that the incidence is as high as 70%.

This report suggests the incidence of bladder cancer after prostate cancer diagnosis is about 3.4%

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1540035211700671#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20studies%20report,in%20patients%20with%20prostate%20cancer.

Grundo 6 months ago in reply to Alwayshope

Hi AH

Thanks for that, very interesting, I shall pass it on.

Suppose all down to staging just like PC in terms of being successfully treated.

I have read that Chemo for Stage 1 and 2 bladder cancer fairly good at getting rid of it.

All the best

Steve

Alwayshope 6 months ago in reply to Grundo

From memory bladder cancer can be treated with BCG immunotherapy injections as well as the chemotherapy flush.

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