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• How does it work? For patients needing screenings for bladder
cancer, Cysview allows specialists to have greater visualization
than ever before, using a special blue solution and light source
that highlights growths.
"Bladder cancer is typically found when patients present with
blood in their urine," explains Ian Thompson III, MD, urologist at
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center and assistant
professor of urologic oncology at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio. "We then examine the bladder
using a cystoscope. With Cysview, we use a catheter to run a
special substance into the bladder an hour before the procedure.
This solution coats the bladder so when we move the cystoscope
through the bladder, tumors and lesions we normally wouldn't see
in white light are illuminated bright red with the blue light setting."
• How could it help me? Bladder cancer is one of the most expensive
forms of cancer to treat, with patients needing follow-up cystoscopies
performed every three months after the initial diagnosis.
"If a patient is diagnosed with bladder cancer, there is a 50 percent
chance that tumors may come back, and they may be hard to see
with the naked eye," says Robert Svatek, MD, MSCI, urologist at
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center and assistant
professor of urology at the University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio. "This technology can increase the number of
tumors we can remove at once, reducing the economic impact
on patients."
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Pictured from left:
Ian Thompson III, MD;
Sandeep Patel, DO;
David C. Mullins, MD, FACS;
Damon A. Mimari, MD;
Robert Svatek, MD, MSCI.
