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Archive for October, 2008

Risk stratification in nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (CME)

October 31, 2008 By: UrologyTimes - Bladder, Kidney, and Other Urologic Cancers Category: Urology

By risk-stratifying nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancers, urologists can characterize pathologic subtypes and develop individualized treatment and surveillance strategies.(CME)

Adjuvant chemotherapy ‘essential’ to bladder cancer treatment

October 31, 2008 By: UrologyTimes - Bladder, Kidney, and Other Urologic Cancers Category: Urology

Adjuvant chemotherapy is an essential part of the treatment protocol for lymph node-positive bladder cancer.

Patience required when evaluating radiofrequency ablation

October 14, 2008 By: UrologyTimes - Bladder, Kidney, and Other Urologic Cancers Category: Urology

Evaluating the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of renal cortical tumors requires a degree of patience because histologic changes and cell death in and near lesions targeted by the treatment may continue to evolve for a year or even longer.