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Clinical Management of Bladder Cancer - Rilegato

 
9780340740927: Clinical Management of Bladder Cancer

Sinossi

This book is a comprehensive, but readable, treatise of the current status of bladder cancer management. An area of considerable controversy, the text looks in particular at the opposing views that have arisen in different parts of the world, drawing on the experiences of the international author team. The text includes individual chapters on smoking, statistics and talking with patients about bladder cancer - a feature unique to this volume. With emphasis given to the multidisciplinary approach to treatment, 'Clinical Management of Bladder Cancer' will appeal to all professionals who specialise in the day-to-day care of patients with this malignancy.

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Recensione

An excellent and erudite exposition on the current state of management of bladder cancer. The individual sections in this book are written by leaders in the various fields of surgery, chemotherapy and intravesical treatment. For anyone who wants to know more about this illness, I would suggest this as an excellent starting place and would recommend it very highly.
Clinical Oncology

Contenuti

The diagnosis of bladder cancer
Histopathology of urothelial cancer: consensus or controversy?
Transurethral resection and staging of bladder cancer
Prognostic factors, treatment options and follow up of Ta and T1 bladder cancer
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
Carcinoma in situ
Cystectomy, bladder reconstruction, urinary diversion and stomatherapy
Radiotherapy for bladder cancer
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer
Bladder preservation in muscle invasive bladder cancer
Systematic chemotherapy for metastatic cancer of the uro-epithelial tract
Clinical trials and statistics in bladder cancer
Smoking and bladder cancer
Talking with patients about bladder cancer.

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