Bladder Cancer Surgery

CONCLUSIONS: p14 hypermethylation could be involved in early stage of bladder carcinogenesis, and p14 hypermethylation in pathologically normal urothelium samples should be considered a predictor of bladder cancer recurrence.
PMID: 20800513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Urologic Oncology) Source: MedWorm: Bladder Cancer

Study Type – Therapy (cohort)
Level of Evidence 2b (Source: BJU International)

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Eur Uroljavascript:AL_get(this, ‘jour’, ‘Eur Urol.’); 2010;57:196–201 (Epub 2009 Oct 20) Eur Urol 2010;57:202–3; author reply 203–4 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19931975?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstract (Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations) Source: MedWorm: Bladder Cancer

Beyond the Abstract – MicroRNA-125b suppresses the development of bladder … UroToday BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – Urinary bladder cancer is the most common urological tumor in China 1 and is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide; …

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Study Type – Prognosis (case series)
Level of Evidence 4 (Source: BJU International)

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β-Catenin activation synergizes with PTEN loss to cause bladder cancer formation

Oncogene advance online publication, September 6, 2010. doi:10.1038/onc.2010.399

Authors: I Ahmad, J P Morton, L B Singh, S M Radulescu, R A Ridgway, S Patel, J Woodgett, D J Winton, M M Taketo, X-R Wu, H Y Leung
& O J Sansom (Source: Oncogene) Source: MedWorm: Bladder Cancer

New Developments in Bladder Cancer Diagnosis PR Web (press release) According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 70530 new cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed this year, resulting in nearly 15000 deaths. …

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Journal of Endourology , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Journal of Endourology) Source: MedWorm: Bladder Cancer

Conclusion
FDG-PET/CT has excellent sensitivity and specificity in the detection of metastatic bladder cancer and provides additional diagnostic information that enhances clinical management more than CT/MRI alone. FDG-PET/CT scans may provide better accuracy in clinical information for directing therapy. (Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology) Source: MedWorm: Bladder Cancer

Authors: Azuma H, Inamoto T, Ibuki N, Ubai T, Kotake Y, Takahara K, Kiyama S, Nomi H, Uehara H, Komura K, Yamamoto K, Narumi Y, Katsuoka Y
We investigated the effect of balloon-occluded arterial infusion (BOAI) of anticancer agent (cisplatin/gemcitabine), used concomitantly with hemodialysis, which delivers an extremely high concentration of anticancer agent to the site of a tumor without systemic adverse effects, along with concurrent radiation (referred to as the OMC-regimen) in patients with advanced bladder cancer. One hundred and ninety-two patients were assigned to receive either the OMC-regimen (n=96) or total cystectomy (n=96). Patients in the OMC-regimen group who failed to achieve CR underwent cystectomy, or secondary BOAI with an increased amount of CDDP or gemcitabine (1600…

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