REVIEW ARTICLE Rian J. Dickstein, Ashish M. Kamat, MD; ONCOLOGY Vol. 25 No. 14 Muscle-invasive bladder cancer is an aggressive and potentially lethal disease. Integration of multimodal therapies, improved surgical techniques, and utilization of targeted agents has tremendously improved outcomes.
CLINICAL QUANDARIES Waseem Khaliq, Ikechukwu Uzoaru, et al; ONCOLOGY Vol. 24 No. 9 Here we present the first case of a radiation-resistant solitary plasmacytoma of the bladder that was successfully treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone with successful clinical remission.
SECOND OPINION Thomas W. Flaig, Francisco G. La Rosa, et al;ONCOLOGY Vol. 23 No. 2 The patient is a 39-year-old man who presents with pelvic lymphadenopathy. He has a history of ureteral reflux disease, recurrent nephrolithiasis, right nephrectomy, ileal loop diversion of the left ureter, and radical cystectomy for “bladder cancer,” which he underwent 3 years ago. The lymphadenopathy was discovered incidentally during recent imaging.
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Recurrent Urothelial Carcinoma With Pulmonary Metastasis Vassilis J. Siomos, MD1, Francisco G. La Rosa, MD2, Thomas W. Flaig, MD3, Kimi L. Kondo, DO4, J.D. Mitchell, MD5, Shandra Wilson, MD6, Al B. Barqawi, MD, FRCS7, December 17, 2009
A 56-year-old woman was referred to our institution for a left nephroureterectomy after the diagnoses of a nonfunctioning left kidney and noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma of the distal left ureter (Ta grade 1). CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a large bladder tumor with pan-urothelial extension.
The patient is a 39-year-old man who presents with pelvic lymphadenopathy. He has a history of ureteral reflux disease, recurrent nephrolithiasis, right nephrectomy, ileal loop diversion of the left ureter, and radical cystectomy for “bladder cancer,” which he underwent 3 years ago. The lymphadenopathy was discovered incidentally during recent imaging.
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A 56-year-old woman was referred to our institution for a left nephroureterectomy after the diagnoses of a nonfunctioning left kidney and noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma of the distal left ureter (Ta grade 1). CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a large bladder tumor with pan-urothelial extension.
The patient is a 39-year-old man who presents with pelvic lymphadenopathy. He has a history of ureteral reflux disease, recurrent nephrolithiasis, right nephrectomy, ileal loop diversion of the left ureter, and radical cystectomy for “bladder cancer,” which he underwent 3 years ago. The lymphadenopathy was discovered incidentally during recent imaging.
Occult distant micrometastasis at the time of radical cystectomy leads predominantly to distant failures in patients with locally advanced muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy enhances survival in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer.
