Invasive Bladder Cancer

This book presents state-of-the-art diagnoses and treatments available for invasive bladder cancer, in a full color volume with more than 40 tables and 50 illustrations. Coverage includes epidemiology, screening, diagnostic factors, surgery, chemotherapy and post-operative monitoring.

While less prevalent among all types of bladder cancers, invasive bladder tumors affect the muscle wall. Unlike superficial bladder cancer, these have a propensity to metastasize and spread to other areas of the body, and are more likely to be fatal. This book presents state-of-the-art diagnoses and treatments available for bladder cancer that has metastasised into the body. A thorough review of current practice is presented in a full color volume with more than 40 tables and 50 illustrations. The book offers a comprehensive review of the subject, covering epidemiology, screening, diagnostic factors, surgery, chemotherapy and post-operative monitoring. The authors and contributors comprise an international community of experts with experience in many medical disciplines. The book offers a concise, up-to-date overview, building a needed bridge from basic research to clinical practice. Indeed, most chapters are jointly written by a basic researcher and a clinician.

Updated, simple overview bridging the information coming from basic research to clinical practice

Klappentext

Invasive Bladder Cancer draws on the expertise of an international community of experts in the area. It offers an updated, simple overview bridging the information coming from basic research to clinical practice, facilitated by most chapters having both a basic researcher and a clinician writing together.

The book will be of particular interest to office urologists, and oncologists with a specialist interest in urology.

Inhalt
Epidemiology and prevention of bladder cancer.- Early diagnosis and screening.- Non-invasive diagnosis.- Molecular pathology of tumour progression and metastasis.- Staging: Past, present and future.- Magnetic resonance imaging.- Prognostic factors.- Surgical management.- Transurethral resection in patients with muscle-infiltrating bladder cancer.- Nodal involvement.- Pre-operative and definitive radiation therapy.- Neo-adjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy true and false.- Oncological rationale for function-sparing surgery.- Combination therapy and function-sparing surgery for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.- Chemotherapy of metastatic transitional cell cancer.- Invasive transitional cell cancer in the elderly.- Quality of life.- Urethra involvement and bladder cancer.- Lower urinary tract reconstruction.- Salvage cystectomy.