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Dallas Oncologist Doctors for Bladder Cancer

Type of Physician: Oncologist

What is a Oncologist?

A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer.

Specialty: Oncology (Medical)

Common Name: Cancer Doctor

Oncologist Doctors in Dallas *

Neuro-Oncology Associates
Karen L Fink
3600 Gaston Ave
Barnett 605
Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 820-8690

Sammons Cancer Center Dallas
John J Nemunaitis
3535 Worth St
FL 3
Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 370-1000

Dallas Oncology Consultants PA
Inna Shmerlin
310 E Hwy 67
Duncanville, TX 75137
(972) 283-2389

Texas Oncology PA Plano East
Charles K Connor
4708 Alliance Blvd
STE 150
Plano, TX 75093
(972) 596-7801

Texas Oncology PA Plano East
Christopher T Stokoe
4708 Alliance Blvd
STE 150
Plano, TX 75093
(972) 596-7801

Texas Oncology PA Plano East
Monte Jones
3705 W 15th St
Cancer Center
Plano, TX 75075
(972) 867-3577

Texas Oncology PA Plano East
Robert L Kirby
3705 W 15th St
Cancer Center
Plano, TX 75075
(972) 867-3577

Texas Oncology PA Plano East
Scott A Stone
3705 W 15th St
Cancer Center
Plano, TX 75075
(972) 867-3577

Virginia M Kinsella MD
Virginia M Kinsella
6957 W Park Rd
Building 3 STE 2500
Plano, TX 75093
(972) 801-9001

Texas Oncology
Lea K Krekow
1615 Hospital Pkwy
STE 300
Bedford, TX 76022
(817) 359-9000

Texas Oncology
Gerardo H Trillo
4461 Coit Rd
STE 100
Frisco, TX 75035
(972) 987-1975

JPS Center for Cancer Care
Latha S Neerukonda
601 W Terrell Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 852-8300

Sharif Surgical PLLC
Suhail C Sharif
909 9th Ave
Ste 402
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 332-0786

Texas Oncology Forth Worth
Asad Dean
1001 12th Ave
STE 200
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 850-2000

Texas Oncology Forth Worth
David Barrera
6500 Harris Pkwy
Fort Worth, TX 76132
(817) 263-2600

Texas Oncology Forth Worth
Randall D Crim
6500 Harris Pkwy
Fort Worth, TX 76132
(817) 263-2600

Texas Oncology Forth Worth
Jessica Hals
907 Foster Ln
Weatherford, TX 76086
(817) 597-7900

Texas Oncology Cancer & Research Center Waco
Carl Chakmakjian
1700 W State Hwy 6
Woodway, TX 76712
(254) 399-0741

Texas Oncology Cancer & Research Center Waco
Carlos A Encarnacion
1700 W State Hwy 6
Woodway, TX 76712
(254) 399-0741

Dallas, Texas

Founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February, 1856, the city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, and transportation; only New York City and Houston are home to more Fortune 500 headquarters in the city limits. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South/Southwest, Dallas is the core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The city's prominence despite this comes from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, its position along numerous railroad lines, a strong industrial and financial sector, and its status as a major inland port (due largely to the presence of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest in the world).
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Bladder Cancer

The bladder

Your bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen. It stores urine, the liquid waste made by the kidneys.

Your bladder is part of the urinary tract. Urine passes from each kidney into the bladder through a long tube called a ureter. Urine leaves the bladder through a shorter tube (the urethra).

The wall of the bladder has layers of tissue:

  • Inner layer: The inner layer of tissue is also called the lining. As your bladder fills up with urine, the transitional cells on the surface stretch. When you empty your bladder, these cells shrink.
  • Middle layer: The middle layer is muscle tissue. When you empty your bladder, the muscle layer in the bladder wall squeezes the urine out of your body.
  • Outer layer: The outer layer covers the bladder. It has fat, fibrous tissue, and blood vessels.

Cancer Cells

Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up tissues. Tissues make up the bladder and the other organs of the body.

Normal cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take their place.

Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when the body doesn't need them, and old or damaged cells don't die as they should. The buildup of extra cells often forms a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor.

Tumors in the bladder can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Benign tumors are not as harmful as malignant tumors:

  • Benign tumors:

    • are usually not a threat to life
    • can be treated or removed and usually don't grow back
    • don't invade the tissues around them
    • don't spread to other parts of the body.
  • Malignant growths:

    • may be a...

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What is cancer?

Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in a body. The abnormal cells are termed cancer cells, malignant cells, or tumor cells. Many cancers and the abnormal cells that compose the cancer tissue are further identified by the name of the tissue that the abnormal cells originated from (for example, breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer). Cancer is not confined to humans; animals and other living organisms can get cancer. Below is a schematic that shows normal cell division and how when a cell is damaged or altered without repair to its system, the cell usually dies. Also shown is what can occur when such damaged or unrepaired cells do not die and become cancer cells and proliferate with uncontrolled growth; a mass of cancer cells develop. Frequently, cancer cells can break away from this original mass of cells, travel through the blood and lymph systems, and lodge in other organs where they can again repeat the ...

Emergency Contact for Dallas

  • In case of Emergency, call 911
  • Dallas Police Dept. Non-Emergency 214-744-4444
  • Dallas Fire & Rescue Non-Emergency 214-670-4611

Nearby Dallas Hospitals *

Baylor Jack & Jane Hamilton Heart & Vascular Hospital
621 N Hall St
Dallas, TX 75226
(214)820-0600

Baylor Specialty Hospital
3504 Swiss Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
(214)820-9700

Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Ave
Dallas, TX 75246
(214)820-0111

Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation
909 N Washington Ave
Dallas, TX 75246
(214)820-9300

Mary Shiels Hospital
3515 Howell St
Dallas, TX 75204
(214)443-3000

Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 N Beckley Ave
Dallas, TX 75203
(214)947-8181

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
2222 Welborn St
Dallas, TX 75219
(214)559-5000

Parkland Health & Hospital System
5201 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75235
(214)590-8000

UT Southwestern Medical Center University Hospital Zale Lipshy
5151 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390
(214)645-5555

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390
(214)648-3111

UT Southwestern Medical Center University Hospital St Paul
5909 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390
(214)645-5555

LifeCare Specialty Hospital of Dallas
6161 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75235
(214)525-6300

Timberlawn Mental Health System
4600 Samuell Blvd
Dallas, TX 75228
(214)381-7181

Children's Medical Center of Dallas
1935 Medical District Dr
Dallas, TX 75235
(214)456-7000

Texas Specialty Hospital at Dallas
7955 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75235
(214)637-0000

Renaissance Hospital Dallas
2929 S Hampton Rd
Dallas, TX 75224
(214)623-4400

Dallas VA Medical Center
4500 S Lancaster Rd
Dallas, TX 75216
(214)742-8387

Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake
9440 Poppy Dr
Dallas, TX 75218
(214)324-6100

Kindred Hospital White Rock
9440 Poppy Dr
Dallas, TX 75218
(214)324-6562

Kindred Hospital Walnut Hill
8200 Walnut Hill Ln
Dallas, TX 75231
(214)345-6710

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
8200 Walnut Hill Ln
Dallas, TX 75231
(214)345-6789

Kindred Hospital Dallas
9525 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75243
(214)355-2600

Medical City Children's Hospital
7777 Forest Ln
Dallas, TX 75230
(972)566-8888

Medical City Hospital
7777 Forest Ln
Dallas, TX 75230
(972)566-7000

Green Oaks Hospital
7808 Cloudus Fields Dr
Dallas, TX 75251
(972)770-0858

Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital
3020 W Wheatland Rd
Dallas, TX 75237
(972)708-8600

Baylor Medical Center at Irving
1901 N MacArthur Blvd
Irving, TX 75061
(972)579-8100

Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 W Wheatland Rd
Dallas, TX 75237
(214)947-7777

RHD Memorial Medical Center
7 Medical Pkwy
Dallas, TX 75234
(972)247-1000

Select Specialty Hospital South Dallas
800 Kirnwood Dr
Desoto, TX 75115
(972)780-6500

Hickory Trail Hopsital
2000 N Old Hickory Trl
Desoto, TX 75115
(972)298-7323

Dallas Regional Medical Center
1011 N Galloway Ave
Mesquite, TX 75149
(214)320-7000

Baylor Medical Center at Garland
2300 Marie Curie Blvd
Garland, TX 75042
(972)487-5000

Baylor Specialty Hospital Garland
2300 Marie Curie Blvd
Garland, TX 75042
(972)485-3335

Las Colinas Medical Center
6800 N MacArthur Blvd
Irving, TX 75039
(972)969-2000

Irving Coppell Surgical Hospital
400 W Interstate 635
Irving, TX 75063
(972)868-4000

Methodist Richardson Regional Medical Center
401 W Campbell Rd
Richardson, TX 75080
(972)498-4000

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
4700 Alliance Blvd
Plano, TX 75093
(469)814-2000

Plano Specialty Hospital
1621 Coit Rd
Plano, TX 75075
(972)758-5200

HEALTHSOUTH Plano Rehabilitation Hospital
2800 W 15th St
Plano, TX 75075
(972)612-9000

Medical Center of Plano
3901 W 15th St
Plano, TX 75075
(972)596-6800

Trinity Medical Center
4343 N Josey Ln
Carrollton, TX 75010
(972)492-1010

Kindred Hospital Arlington
1000 N Cooper St
Arlington, TX 76011
(817)548-3400

Millwood Hospital
1011 N Cooper St
Arlington, TX 76011
(817)261-3121

Presbyterian Hospital of Plano
6200 W Parker Rd
Plano, TX 75093
(972)608-8000

Texas Health Memorial Hospital at Arlington
800 W Randol Mill Rd
Arlington, TX 76012
(817)548-6100

Regency Hospital of North Dallas
2225 W Parker Rd
Carrollton, TX 75010
(972)236-6800

Lake Pointe Medical Center
6800 Scenic Dr
Rowlett, TX 75088
(972)412-2273

Harris Methodist HEB Hospital
1600 Hospital Pkwy
Bedford, TX 76022
(817)685-4000

Harris Methodist Springwood
1608 Hospital Pkwy
Bedford, TX 76022
(817)355-7700

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington
3200 Matlock Rd
Arlington, TX 76015
(817)468-4000

Medical Center of Arlington
3301 Matlock Rd
Arlington, TX 76015
(817)465-3241

LifeCare Hospitals of Plano
6800 Preston Rd
Plano, TX 75024
(214)473-8822

USMD Hospital at Arlington
801 W Interstate 20
Arlington, TX 76017
(817)472-3400

Arlington Rehabilitation Hospital
2601 W Randol Mill Rd
Arlington, TX 76012
(817)804-4400

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine
1650 W College St
Grapevine, TX 76051
(817)481-1588

Medical Center of Lewisville
500 W Main St
Lewisville, TX 75057
(972)420-1000

Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
2700 E Broad St
Mansfield, TX 76063
(682)622-2000

Baylor Medical Center at Frisco
5601 Warren Pkwy
Frisco, TX 75034
(214)407-5000

Southwest Surgical Hospital
1612 Hurst Town Center Dr
Hurst, TX 76054
(817)345-4100

Kindred Hospital Mansfield
1802 Highway 157 N
Mansfield, TX 76063
(817)473-6101

Centennial Medical Center
12505 Lebanon Rd
Frisco, TX 75035
(972)963-3333

North Hills Hospital
4401 Booth Calloway Rd
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
(817)255-1000

Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie
1405 W Jefferson St
Waxahachie, TX 75165
(972)923-7000

Presbyterian Hospital of Allen
1105 Central Expy N
Allen, TX 75013
(972)747-1000

Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club
2850 E Highway 114
Trophy Club, TX 76262
(817)837-4600

Medical Center of McKinney
4500 Medical Center Dr
Mc Kinney, TX 75069
(972)547-8000

Medical Center of McKinney Wysong Campus
130 S Central Expy
Mc Kinney, TX 75070
(972)548-5300

Renaissance Hospital Terrell
1551 Highway 34 S
Terrell, TX 75160
(972)563-7611

JPS Health Network
1500 S Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817)921-3431

Terrell State Hospital
1200 E Brin St
Terrell, TX 75160
(972)563-6452

Denton Regional Medical Center
3535 S Interstate 35 E
Denton, TX 76210
(940)384-3535

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital
1212 W Lancaster Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76102
(817)870-2336

Harris Continued Care Hospital
1301 Pennsylvania Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817)878-5500

Harris Methodist Fort Worth
1301 Pennsylvania Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817)250-2000

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