title: Superficial bladder tumors.
abstract: This article is a summary of the 2001 French Urological Association (AFU) report on superficial bladder cancer. Major topics include histopathological classification, risk categories, natural history of the disease, standard treatments, the impact of molecular biology on clinical practice, the place of cystectomy, and modalities of intravesical instillations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Dominique K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chopin
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gattegno
mesh_terms: D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy