In Bladder Cancer: Moving the Field Forward, Cheryl Lee, David Wood, and a panel of leading authorities and researchers provide a comprehensive review of the related literature, while providing insights into the obstacles of improvedsurvival and discuss methods to advance the field of Bladder Cancer care. Their work aims to spur innovative thoughts and approaches to common problems in the management of early stage and advanced disease. The book discusses at length the state of bladder cancer staging and the optimal treatment for localizeddisease. Additional sections review the applications of existing systemic therapies and look at the infrastructure needed to support translational researchefforts. Groundbreaking and authoritative, Bladder Cancer: Moving the Field Forward, is the definitive text on the current state of bladder cancer care anda must have for all urologists and medical oncologists who wish to provide their patients with the most comprehensive care. Provides a comprehensive reviewof the related literature, while discussing current methods intended to advance the field of bladder cancer Discusses innovative thoughts and approaches tothe most common problems in the management of both early stage and advanced disease Examines emerging techniques and strategies developed to address the most common clinical scenarios INDICE: From the contents Part I. Improving Bladder Cancer Staging.- Section 1. CIS.- Approach to CIS.-Fluorescent Cystoscopy.- Section 2. Understaging.- Restaging TURBT.- Understaging T2: Limitations of Pelvic Imaging.- MRI Endorectal Coil.- PET Imaging: Advances in the Detection of Locally Advanced and Nodal Disease.- Detection of Extravesical Disease: A Lack of Bladder Cancer Markers.- Identification of Nodal Metastases: The Role of Iron Oxide Enhanced MRI.- Presence and Significance of Micrometastases.- Part II. Optimizing Treatmentof Localized Disease.- Section 1: Intravesical Therapy.- Peri-operative intravesical therapy.- BCG Refractory Disease.- Beyond BCG: Gemcitabine.- Beyond BCG: Taxanes.- Section 2: Cystectomy: Cancer Control and Organ Preservation.- Extended Lymph Node Dissection.- Prostate Capsule Sparing Cystectomy.- Preservation of Reproductive Organs in Women.- Nerve Sparing Cystectomy.- Quality of Care Indicators for Radical Cystectomy.- Continent Diversion: Problems and Solutions.
- ISBN: 978-1-58829-988-8
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 610
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés