APPLICATIONS OF LASERS IN BLADDER-CANCER

Authors
Citation
A. Hofstetter, APPLICATIONS OF LASERS IN BLADDER-CANCER, Der Urologe, 33(4), 1994, pp. 288-290
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
ISSN journal
03402592
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
288 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-2592(1994)33:4<288:AOLIB>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The poor prognosis of bladder cancer, multimorbidity after therapeutic management and the suspicion that tumor cell seeding is made more pro bable by TUR justify the search for safe and more effective treatment procedures. In this connection different laser systems must be discuss ed, but the optimal indications for the different laser combinations n eed to be determined by randomized, prospective studies.