High-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: Update for a better identification and treatment

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 833-840

  Faba, Oscar Rodriguez ^a   Palou, Joan ^a   Breda, Alberto ^a   Villavicencio, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

American Urological Association (AUA); Bacillus Calmette Gu rin (BCG); Disease specific survival (DSS); High risk bladder cancer (HRBC); Muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC); National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN); Non muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC); Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD); Relapse free survival (RFS); Transurethral resection (TUR)

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLADDER TUMOR; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84870364326     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-012-0967-1     Document Type: Review

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