[Palliative therapy concepts for patients with urothelial cancer of the urinary bladder].
Urothelial carcinoma usually occurs in older patients. At initial diagnosis, about 30% of all patients show muscle invasive tumor growth or metastases. Due to their advanced clinical stage, palliative therapy concepts become more and more interesting. Gross and intractable hematuria can be treated with special bladder irrigation or selective arterial embolization. Hydronephrosis can be treated in the long-term with self-expanding memotherm stents. Palliative pelvic radiation is still controversial.
Vom Dorp
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum, 45122, Hufelandstrasse 55, Essen, Deutschland. frankvomDorp@web.de
Börgermann
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Rübben
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D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*