[Muscle-invasive bladder cancer]
Jakob Büchler1, Jürgen E Gschwend2, Margitta Retz2
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, München, Deutschland. jakob.buechler@tum.de.
Abstract:
Bladder cancer, which is a complex disease, can be treated with a variety of stage-oriented treatment options. In this article, the treatment recommendations of the German S3 guideline "Early detection, diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of bladder cancer" are applied in a fictitious case study. In a patient with invasive transitional cell carcinoma, the treatment options-ranging from bladder preservation to radical cystectomy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy-are discussed on the basis of the current literature.
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