1. Office-based management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC): A position paper on current state of the art and future perspectives.
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Leonardi, Rosario, Ambrosini, Francesca, Cafarelli, Angelo, Calarco, Alessandro, Colombo, Renzo, Tuzzolo, Domenico, De Marco, Ferdinando, Ferrari, Giovanni, Ludovico, Giuseppe, Pecoraro, Stefano, De Cobelli, Ottavio, Terrone, Carlo, and Mantica, Guglielmo
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NON-muscle invasive bladder cancer , *BLADDER cancer , *CYSTOSCOPY , *TRANSURETHRAL prostatectomy , *MEDICAL personnel - Abstract
This article discusses the management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) in an office-based setting. It emphasizes the importance of early detection and treatment for better outcomes. The article suggests that office-based procedures like fulguration and laser vaporization can be effective and cost-saving alternatives to hospitalization for transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB). However, more research is needed to determine the ideal candidates for these procedures and to strengthen the scientific evidence. The document provides a list of references for a study conducted in Italy, covering various treatment approaches, cost-effectiveness, biomarkers, and factors affecting survival rates. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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