Staging invasive bladder tumors
โ
Dr. Harry W. Herr
๐
Article
๐
1992
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 325 KB
Staging of bladder tumors is based primarily on the depth of tumor invasion (T-category). Stage is important to treatment planning and prognosis. The problem is that clinical evaluation by T-category alone often understages the pathologic extent of disease and does not reliably predict treatment res