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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Your dad and his brother could have had very different symptoms. As far as I’m aware there is no routine test for bladder cancer. Just like there’s no routine test for pancreatic or brain cancer. Obviously if you are having uncomfortable symptoms you’ll go to the doctor to try to ease your pain and that is when something more serious might be found….or not. [/quote] Of course! I’m just trying to show that cancer and other bad diagnoses do not need to mean death, so being proactive within reason is important. In my uncles case it was poor medical care. He had blood in his urine and pain, and was just given antibiotics for a year. My dad’s first time with blood in urine led to more investigation and the cancer dx…at which point my uncle demanded more attention but his was already more advanced. Was it bad luck or small town Midwest system versus California research hospital? Dunno but it just seems like it could have been a different outcome. [/quote]
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