Advances in Bladder Cancer Detection

A new technology being used at UConn Health is illuminating the way doctors detect bladder cancer.

Dr. Benjamin Ristau, surgical director of urologic oncology at UConn Health, performing a blue light cystoscopy procedure to better detect bladder cancer. (Photo by Frank Barton)

A new technology being used at UConn Health is illuminating the way doctors detect bladder cancer.

Using traditional white light, it’s easy to miss trouble spots. As you can see in this video, blue light cystoscopy illuminates tumors in the bladder and identifies cancers smaller and earlier than ever before.