Expectant treatment of small, recurrent, low-grade, noninvasive tumors of the urinary bladder.
Low-grade, noninvasive tumors of the bladder pose little threat to the patient. The standard treatment is removal by transurethral resection or cautery when they are identified. Once a patient has a history of low-grade papillary tumors and a subsequent low-grade appearing tumor, there is no urgency to proceed with treatment. The growth rate of these tumors is slow and they rarely progress.
Soloway
Mark S
MS
Department of Urology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. msoloway@miami.edu
D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*