Therapy of bladder cancer

Progress in the different modern methods of treatment influenced the strategy in the therapy of bladder cancer, adjusting it to the stage of the tumour. The basis of different ways of treatment is the transurethral tumour resection. Depending on the stage and grade resulting from this, further steps are taken. An exact indication for radical cystectomy and the possibility of an appropriate urinary diversion have improved the chances of success. Of the adjunctive measures we have to mention the intravesical cytostatic instillation therapy, the transurethral high-frequency hyperthermia and the intraarterial chemoembolization. The technique and the methods of application are presented here. An overall view is given of laser treatment and the immunological therapy of bladder cancer.