Treatment of bladder cancer in cardiac transplant patients.
We report a patient who presented with superficial bladder tumors 8 years after cardiac transplantation. He was managed conservatively with intra-vesical therapy for 5 years and ultimately underwent a successful radical cystoprostatectomy and urethrectomy 13 years after cardiac transplantation. This illustrates that cardiac transplant patients with superficial tumors may be managed with conservative therapies, but close vigilance is necessary to identify the opportune time for extirpative surgery.
Dhanani
Nadeem N
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Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1373, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Kamat
Ashish M
AM
D000368:Aged; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*