Bladder cancer : a practical guide / Ashish M. Kamat, Peter C. Black, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kamat, Ashish M., editor.

Black, Peter C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bladder--Cancer.

Bladder.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file

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.

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

Section 5: Urinary Diversion

Incontinent

Continent Cutaneous

Orthotopic Neobladder

Section 6: Peri-operative Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant

Adjuvant

Section 7: Trimodal Therapy (Radiation)

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 3, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030706463

303070646X

OCLC:

1261879724

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.