Recommendations for follow-up of muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients: A consensus by the international bladder cancer network

Several guidelines exist that address treatment of patients with nonmetastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, most only briefly mention follow-up strategies for patients and hence the treating physician is often left to infer on what the preferred follow-up schema would be for an individual patient. Herein, we aim to synthesize recommendations for follow-up of patients with MIBC for easy reference.

Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - February 26, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tahlita C.M. Zuiverloon, Kim E.M. van Kessel, Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Joost L. Boormans, Thorsten H. Ecke, Petros D. Grivas, Anne E. Kiltie, Fredrik Liedberg, Andrea Necchi, Bas W. van Rhijn, Florian Roghmann, Marta Sanchez-Carbayo, Bernd J. Schmitz-Dr äg Tags: Seminars article Source Type: research