Bladder Cancer

This book provides a practical, comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of bladder cancer. A valuable resource for anyone with an interest in urothelial tumors, this text brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts who have distilled their vast years of experience and knowledge into a concise, easy to digest format. Topics covered range from importance of a pattern recognition in diagnosis and pathologic evaluation to 'how I do it' tips on patient selection for appropriate therapies such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery and radiation. Bridging the gap between a traditional textbook and hands-on experience, this book provides a practical guide to managing day-to-day issues and challenges and brings an algorithmic approach to avoid common pitfalls.

Bladder Cancer: A Practical Guide provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field of bladder cancer treatment, guiding patient management and stimulating investigative efforts.

Written by experts in the field of urology Provides a guide to patient evaluation and screening Includes clinical case trials and the pearls and pitfalls of each

Autorentext

Ashish M. KamatDepartment of UrologyUT-MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TXUSA Peter C. BlackDepartment of Urologic Sciences University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British ColumbiaCanada

Inhalt
Section 1: Patient Evaluation.- Screening.- Evaluation for Signs and Symptoms.- Cystoscopy Inc.- Using Urine Markers.- Risk Stratification.- Assessment/Management of Frailty.- Section 2: TURBT (Tumor Resection).- Indications.- Patient Preparation.- Surgical Technique.- Peri-operative Care.- Management of Common Complications.- Pathologist Assessment and Report.- Oncologic Monitoring.- Section 3: Adjvuant Intravesical Therapy.- Introduction: Choice of Therapy.- BCG.- Chemo.- Device Assisted.- Intravesical Salvage Therapy.- Section 4: Radical Cystectomy.- Indications.- Patient Preparation.- Surgical Technique.- Peri-operative Care.- Management of Common Complications.- Pathologist Assessment and Report.- Oncologic Monitoring.- Section 5: Urinary Diversion.- Incontinent.- Continent Cutaneous.- Orthotopic Neobladder.- Section 6: Peri-operative Chemotherapy.- Neoadjuvant.- Adjuvant.- Section 7: Trimodal Therapy (Radiation).- Indications.- Patient Preparation.- Concomitant Chemo.- External Beam Radiation.- Management of Recurrence.- Section 8: Systemic Therapy for Advanced Bladder Cancer.- Chemotherapy.- Immunotherapy.- Novel Therapies.- Section 9: Managing Variant Histology.- Squamous/Glandular Differentiation.- Micropapillary.- Sarcomatoid.- Small Cell/Neuroendocrine.- Other.- Squamous.- Adenocarcinoma.- Section 10: Clinical Trials in Bladder Cancer: Practical Pearls.- Bladder Cancer Disease States.- NMIBC.- Metastatic.