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Bladder Cancer

A Practical Guide

  • Written by experts in the field of urology
  • Provides a guide to patient evaluation and screening
  • Includes clinical case trials and the pearls and pitfalls of each

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Bladder Cancer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Cystoscopy and Enhanced Diagnostics

      • Kamal S. Pohar
      Pages 9-20
    3. Using Urinary Biomarkers in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder and Upper Tracts

      • Rashed A. Ghandour, Nirmish Singla, Yair Lotan
      Pages 21-31
    4. Pathology

      • Eva M. Compérat, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie
      Pages 33-40
    5. Risk Stratification of Patients: Risk Tables and Assessment – NMIBC and MIBC

      • James Douglas, Werner Struss, Stephen Williams
      Pages 41-52
    6. Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors (TURBT)

      • Tilman Todenhöfer, Arnulf Stenzl
      Pages 57-69
    7. Adjuvant Intravesical Therapy: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

      • Gautier Marcq, Wassim Kassouf
      Pages 75-89
    8. Adjuvant Intravesical Chemotherapy

      • Christopher R. Haas, Joseph M. Caputo, James M. McKiernan
      Pages 91-102
    9. Intravesical Salvage Therapy After BCG/Regular Chemo

      • Michael A. O’Donnell, Nathan A. Brooks
      Pages 111-121
    10. Oncological Monitoring of NonMuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)

      • Vishnukamal Golla, Karim Chamie
      Pages 123-138
    11. Radical Cystectomy

      • Saum Ghodoussipour, Siamak Daneshmand, Fiona C. Burkhard, Bernhard Kiss, George N. Thalmann, Naif A. Aldhaam et al.
      Pages 139-175
    12. Surgical Technique: Urethrectomy

      • Nathan Y. Hoy, Hadley M. Wood, Kenneth W. Angermeier
      Pages 177-183
    13. Management of Common Complications After Radical Cystectomy, Lymph Node Dissection, and Urinary Diversion

      • Samuel Haywood, Timothy F. Donahue, Bernard H. Bochner
      Pages 185-203
    14. Incontinent Urinary Diversion

      • J. D. Subiela, Daniel A. González-Padilla, Silvia Castellarnau Uriz, Alberto Breda, Joan Palou, Óscar Rodríguez Faba et al.
      Pages 205-217
    15. Continent Cutaneous Urinary Diversions

      • Spyridon P. Basourakos, Douglas S. Scherr
      Pages 219-225

About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    Ashish M. Kamat

  • Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Peter C. Black

About the editors

Ashish M. KamatDepartment of Urology
UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX
USA 

Peter C. Black
Department of Urologic Sciences

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bladder Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide

  • Editors: Ashish M. Kamat, Peter C. Black

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70646-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70645-6Published: 25 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70648-7Published: 26 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70646-3Published: 24 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 471

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urology, Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 249.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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