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    Ashish M. Kamat, Peter C. Black, editors.
    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
    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.
    Digital Access Springer 2021
  • Article
    Bull Natl Clgh Poison Control Cent. 1978 Aug:1-32.
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