Treatment for early-stage tumors includes local resection with preservation of the bladder. Diffuse tumors may be treated with local chemotherapy; more extensive tumors may require radical surgical removal of the bladder (cystectomy) and, in men, the prostate (prostatectomy). Bladder reconstruction (formation of so-called neobladder) is performed in patients after cystectomy using part of a bowel, most commonly the ileum.
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