Carcinoma of the bladder
By: edited by David MacVicar.
Contributors: MacVicar, David.
Series: Contemporary issues in cancer imaging
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780521884563
Subjects: Urinary Bladder Neoplasms -- radiography; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms -- therapy
Description: Bladder cancer is a common and dangerous malignancy which is associated with a variety of known and unknown environmental factors. Clinical management and surgical techniques prioritise detection and treatment of early tumours, which form the majority of newly diagnosed cancers. Imaging is central to establishing the presence of more advanced disease, for which a variety of treatment options exist, including radical curative surgery with or without bladder reconstruction, radiation therapy with curative or palliative intent, and systemic or local chemotherapy. Imaging techniques continue to evolve and this volume explores the relevance of CT with multidetector array, MRI, and computer-based reconstructions such as "virtual cystoscopy" to treatment choices in today's practice. A review of follow-up strategies and the imaging appearances of treated disease is presented, along with descriptions of modern surgical techniques, radiotherapy and chemotherapy regimens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pathology of bladder cancer / Charles Jameson; title: Clinical features of bladder cancer / Sarb S. Sandhu and Alan C. Thompson; title: Imaging in the diagnosis of bladder cancer / S.L.J. Williams and S.A. Sohaib; title: Radiological staging of primary bladder cancer / Camilla Whitten and David MacVicar; title: Imaging of metastatic bladder cancer / Jonathan D. Berry and David MacVicar; title: Surgery for bladder cancer / Sarb S. Sandhu and Alan C. Thompson.; title: External beam radiotherapy for the treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer / S. Lalondrelle and R. Huddart; title: The chemotherapeutic management of bladder cancer / D. Pudney, J. Stokoe, and R. Huddart; title: Clinical follow-up of bladder cancer / Alan C. Thompson and Sarb S. Sandhu; title: Imaging of treated bladder cancer / M. Ben Taylor, Suzanne C. Bonington, and Bernadette M. Carrington.