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Understanding Your Diagnosis

• How Does My Doctor Know I Have Bladder Cancer?
  
• Cystoscopy for Women
  

  Cytoscopy is a procedure in which a long, lighted scope is used to examine the urinary tract, bladder, urethra, and openings to the ureters and is used when problems with the urinary tract are suspected.

• How Your Doctor Uses Biopsies to Diagnose Bladder Cancer
  
• Intravenous Pyelogram
  

  An intravenous pyelogram is a procedure that uses a combination of contrast dyes and X-rays to look for obstructions in the blood flow of the kidneys or poor kidney function.

• Computed Tomography (CT or CAT) Scan
  

  Detailed information on computed tomography scans, also called CT scan or CAT scan, including information on how the procedure is performed

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  

  Detailed information on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including information on how the procedure is performed

• I’ve Just Been Told I Have Bladder Cancer
  
• Understanding Your Type of Bladder Cancer
  
• Understanding Your Stage of Bladder Cancer
  
• Can I Survive Bladder Cancer? What Is My Prognosis?