Next Steps

Follow-up

After you complete your treatment, you will undergo a series of tests to determine how well your treatment worked at getting rid of your cancer.

• If the results show remaining cancer, your urologic oncologist will recommend further treatment.
  
  
• If the results show no remaining cancer, he or she will recommend a schedule for follow-up visits. These visits will include tests to see whether the cancer has come back. They will be frequent at first because of the risk of the cancer recurrence after treatment.
  
  
• If you still have your native bladder, follow-up will include interval cystoscopy and urine tests.
  
  
• If you have undergone radical cystectomy, follow-up will include imaging tests of your chest and abdomen.

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