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Preface |
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PART 1 |
THE BASICS |
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Give Background Information on the
Bladder and Cancer, Including |
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What is the Bladder,
and What Does it Do? |
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Can I Live without My Bladder |
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What is Cancer |
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PART 2 |
DIAGNOSIS |
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21-37 |
Discuss the Diagnosis of Bladder
Cancer, Including |
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What are the Signs and Symptoms
of Bladder Cancer |
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Are |
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My Doctor Suspects I have
Bladder Cancer |
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PART 3 |
TREATMENT |
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Questions
35—48 |
Describe Treatment Options, Including |
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What is a TURBT |
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What are the Risks of TURBT |
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What is |
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PART 4 |
INTRAVESICAL THERAPY |
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49-61 |
Discuss this Therapy in Detail,
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What is |
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What |
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What is Immunotherapy |
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PART 5 |
SURGERY |
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Describe Surgical Options, Including |
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What is a Radical |
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Who Needs a Radical |
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Should |
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PART 6 |
NONOPERATIVE THERAPY |
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Questions
89-91 |
Discuss Options that do Not Include
Surgery, Including |
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What is Bladder-Sparing Therapy |
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What |
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What is Gene Therapy, and is it
Available for Bladder Cancer Patients |
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PART 7 |
METASTATIC DISEASE |
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Questions
92—97 |
Describe Where and How Your Cancer
can Spread, Including |
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How Does Bladder Cancer Spread
Outside of the Bladder |
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If |
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Are |
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PART 8 |
END-OF-LIFE CARE |
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Questions
98-100 |
Discuss Preparing for End-Of-Life
Care, Including |
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I have Never Thought of Dying
Before, But Now that I have bee |
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Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer, I
Find Myself Wondering, are ther |
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Things that I should do to
Prepare for Death |
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If Aggressive Treatment is Too
Much to Bear or Seems Futile, is it Oka |
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To Stop, Treating My
Cancer? |
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Appendix |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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