First-Line Treatment and Prognostic Factors of Metastatic Bladder Cancer for Platinum-Eligible Patients

Mar 1, 2017 by in HEMATOLOGY Comments Off on First-Line Treatment and Prognostic Factors of Metastatic Bladder Cancer for Platinum-Eligible Patients

Metastatic urothelial carcinoma is primarily a disease of the elderly, with a median overall survival of approximately 15 months. Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy is standard first-line treatment for eligible patients, with…

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Bladder Preservation Strategies

Mar 1, 2017 by in HEMATOLOGY Comments Off on Bladder Preservation Strategies

Although cystectomy remains the standard for treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the United States, there exist potentially curative alternatives for a selected subset of these patients in organ preservation…

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Diagnosis and Staging of Bladder Cancer

Mar 1, 2017 by in HEMATOLOGY Comments Off on Diagnosis and Staging of Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer (BCa) is a heterogeneous disease with a variable natural history. Most patients (70%) present with superficial tumors (stages Ta, T1, or carcinoma in situ). However, 3 out of…

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Molecular Biology of Bladder Cancer

Mar 1, 2017 by in HEMATOLOGY Comments Off on Molecular Biology of Bladder Cancer

Classic as well as more recent large-scale genomic analyses have uncovered multiple genes and pathways important for bladder cancer development. Genes involved in cell-cycle control, chromatin regulation, and receptor tyrosine…

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