Guidelines on bladder cancer.

A review of current guidelines and best practice recommendations for the management of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer by the International Bladder Cancer Group.

PURPOSE Although the European Association of Urology, First International Consultation on Bladder Tumors, National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Urological Association guidelines all provide an excellent evidence-based framework for the management of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, these guidelines vary with respect to important issues such as risk level definitions and managemen...

Updated 2016 EAU Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer.

CONTEXT Invasive bladder cancer is a frequently occurring disease with a high mortality rate despite optimal treatment. The European Association of Urology (EAU) Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer (MIBC) Guidelines are updated yearly and provides information to optimise diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of this patient population. OBJECTIVE To provide a summary of the EAU guideli...

Singapore Cancer Network (SCAN) Guidelines for Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer.

INTRODUCTION The SCAN genitourinary cancer workgroup aimed to develop Singapore Cancer Network (SCAN) clinical practice guidelines for neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The workgroup utilised a modified ADAPTE process to calibrate high quality international evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to our local setting. ...

MicroRNAs as biomarkers associated with bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer with significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, numerous studies demonstrated that microRNAs are emerging as diagnostic biomarkers for bladder cancer. Specific miRNA profiles have been identified for several samples from patients with bladder cancer. MicroRNAs are noncoding RNA molecules of approximately 23 nucleotides that play important roles...

The Effect of Smoking and Opium on Bladder Cancer in Yazd Province: A Case - Control Study

Introduction: Bladder cancer is regarded as the most common urinary malignancy in the world. As other cancers, its incidence has increased in recent years. Hence, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between smoking and opium and bladder cancer in residents of Yazd province. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed on 200 patients with ...

Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer