Office-based Bladder Tumor Fulguration and Surveillance

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Office-based Bladder Tumor Fulguration and Surveillance

This article summarizes the current literature on office-based management of low-grade, noninvasive bladder cancer. Discussion includes differences in recurrence and progression rates between neoplasm grades and stages, role of visual…

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Perioperative Chemotherapy

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Perioperative Chemotherapy

This article provides an overview of intravesical chemotherapy agents used for non–muscle invasive bladder cancer; summarizes the evidence on single-dose perioperative administration, induction therapy, and maintenance therapy; and briefly discusses…

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Urinary Markers/Cytology

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Urinary Markers/Cytology

As of 2012, bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer afflicting men and ninth most common cancer in women. Nearly 80% of all bladder cancer diagnoses are non-muscle invasive…

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Foreword

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Foreword

Samir S. Taneja, MD, Consulting Editor Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) represents, in effect, a constellation of diseases. Among cancers labeled as “non-muscle invasive” are those with virtually benign behavior…

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Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Sam S. Chang, MD, FACS, Editor As the second most frequent genitourinary malignancy, non-muscle invasive bladder represents a significant, heterogeneous disease that urologists commonly diagnose, evaluate, and treat. The range…

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NMIBC Risk Calculators

Mar 11, 2017 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on NMIBC Risk Calculators

The natural history of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in individual patients can be unpredictable. Although there are known clinical and molecular factors associated with tumor recurrence and progression, it…

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