Common causes of death in patients with advanced bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is a common tumor of the urinary system with a very high incidence rate. Patients in the late stage are prone to death due to problems such as surgery and the patient's late-stage physical condition.

1. Constitution of patients in advanced stage

Due to the decreased ability of patients in the late stage to fight cancer and the trauma of treatment, patients often develop multiple complications. 82% of common complications in the late stage of bladder cancer are caused by bladder cancer itself or coexisting renal failure.

2. Metastatic symptoms

Most patients with advanced bladder cancer have multiple metastases throughout the body, and the related symptoms caused are also common causes of death in bladder cancer patients, such as jaundice, ascites, abnormal liver function, dyspnea, cough, headache, coma, etc. Controlling the spread and metastasis of bladder cancer is to treat the common causes of death from bladder cancer.

3. Improper treatment methods

Inappropriate treatment methods can also aggravate the patient's condition and cause death. Patients with advanced bladder cancer generally have very poor physical conditions and are not suitable for surgical treatment, because surgical treatment at this stage will further reduce the body's immunity and accelerate the metastasis of cancer cells. According to clinical statistics, there are many people who die from bladder cancer after bladder cancer surgery. If patients undergo radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it is more likely to damage normal tissues and white blood cells, and may also cause complications, which may become the cause of death for patients with advanced bladder cancer.

4. Bloody pleural effusion and ascites?

Bladder cancer can directly infiltrate or metastasize through the bloodstream or lymph nodes to cause bloody pleural effusion, which is common on the right side.

5. Secondary infection?

The long-term consumption of cancer weakens the patient's resistance, especially those with a decrease in white blood cells after radiation and chemotherapy, are prone to various infections, such as pneumonia, intestinal infection, fungal infection, etc.