Table of Contents

EPIDEMIOLOGY.Clinical Overview. Occupational Risk Factors. Familial Bladder Cancer. Genetic susceptibility to Bladder Cancer. PATHOLOGY. Transitional Cell Carcinoma. Stage and Grade Systems Conventional Grading and Staging of Bladder Cancer. Other Histology / Unusual Variants MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Gene Discovery. Cell Cycle Alterations. Cytogenetics/CG Arrays. Gene Microarrays. Biomarkers of Invasion and Metastases. Animal Models - Rodent. Animal Models - Large Animals DIAGNOSIS. Cystoscopy. Florescence |Endoscopy. Imaging in the Assessment of Urinary Bladder Carcinoma. Cytology and DNA Ploidy. Voided Urine Markers. Staging. Natural History of the Upper Urinary Tract. Early Detection. Risk Stratification of Ta, Tis, T1 Cancer. Pitfalls in Staging of Ta, Tis, T1 Cancer TREATMENT. Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors. Laser Ablation

About the Author

Seth P. Lerner, Mark P. Schoenberg, Cora N. Sternberg

Reviews

"a comprehensive reference which draws on the expertise of an international community of prominent bladder cancer experts. Fully illustrated, the textbook includes chapters on both scientific and clinical principles, emphasising pathogenesis, detection and experimental therapeutics. [...] This textbook is a welcome addition to the growing literature that reports on the major advances in bladder cancer research. [...] Recommended reading for students, scholars, physicians, scientists and health professionals, this book promises to become a key text on bladder cancer. To urologists who are certified or are still in training, this textbook can serve as an excellent reference tool." Prof Paul Meria, European Urology Today, October 2007 "With its breadth and depth of coverage, this book will probably become an important reference for the treatment of bladder cancer in the coming years. Although mainly addressed to urologists, the book contains information important to all involved in the management of bladder cancer. Radiation oncologists involved in the interdisciplinary management of bladder cancer patients will find this volume helpful, as well as those seeking information on surgical topics and the urologist's point of view." Juergen Dunst, International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics, No1: 2006