General clinical practice intraoperative intravesical epirubicin: implementing the process.
Recommended treatment for stage Ta T1 bladder cancer is instillation of a chemotherapeutic agent within 6 hours of transurethral resection of bladder tumor based on recent review of literature. This practice has been adopted by the urology department at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, where epirubicin is instilled intraoperatively. The practical implementation of the process is described.
McDonald
Colleen E
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Urological Nursing, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D009517:New South Wales; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D011481:Protective Clothing; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D015251:Epirubicin