The removed tissue is examined to find out the stage and grade of cancer.

Your doctor finds out the stage and grade of your bladder cancer by gathering information from several tests, including:

You may have other tests to find out the stage of the cancer.

All tissues removed in surgery will be examined to find out the stage and grade of the cancer.

A scan of the whole body may be done to find out the stage of the cancer.

The GFR is also used to find out the stage of your kidney disease and to guide decisions about treatment.

Some of the tests that were done to diagnose the cancer or to find out the stage of the cancer may be repeated.

Your doctor will also do a pelvic and para-aortic lymph node biopsy to find out the stage and grade of the cancer.

Pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes will be biopsied during surgery to help find out the stage of cancer.

An operation called a laparotomy is usually done to find out the stage of the disease.