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Title Bladder cancer : a practical guide / Ashish M. Kamat, Peter C. Black, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021

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Contents 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
Summary 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
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 3, 2021)
Subject Bladder -- Cancer
Patient participation.
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms -- therapy
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Patient Participation
Bladder -- Cancer
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Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Kamat, Ashish M., editor
Black, Peter C., editor
ISBN 9783030706463
303070646X