Bladder Preservation Therapies in Bladder Cancer

Intravesical therapies with close monitoring are adequate for superficial disease, and chemotherapy and palliative radiotherapy are the main treatment options in metastatic stages. For muscle-invasive disease, treatment strategies are basically divided into two groups: surgery vs. trimodality treatm...

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Published inPrinciples and Practice of Urooncology pp. 85 - 101
Main Authors Guler, Ozan Cem, Onal, Cem
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Springer International Publishing
Subjects
Bladder cancer
Bladder preservation
Oncology
Radiotherapy
Urology & urogenital medicine
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Summary:Intravesical therapies with close monitoring are adequate for superficial disease, and chemotherapy and palliative radiotherapy are the main treatment options in metastatic stages. For muscle-invasive disease, treatment strategies are basically divided into two groups: surgery vs. trimodality treatment (TMT) that involves transurethral resection (TUR) of tumor tissues and concurrent radiochemotherapy (RCT); radiotherapy (RT) monotherapy is not recommended as primary curative option, and multimodality treatment is currently regarded only as an alternative in selected, well-informed, and compliant patients in whom cystectomy is not considered for clinical or personal reasons.
ISBN:9783319561134
3319561138
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-56114-1_4