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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Andrew Gregory Health editor, in Chicago

Doctors hail drug that spares bladder cancer patients ‘life-changing’ surgery

The artist Tracey Emin.
The artist Tracey Emin has spoken about the impact on her life of surgery she received after a diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2020. Photograph: Marissa Davison/Reuters

Doctors are hailing a drug that spares bladder cancer patients “life-changing” surgery and stops tumours coming back.

Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer in the world. Advanced or aggressive forms are often treated with surgery to remove the entire bladder, with patients left having to find alternative ways to pass urine for the rest of their life.

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