Article of the week: Update on the guideline of guidelines: non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer
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Update on the guideline of guidelines: non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer
Jacob Taylor , Ezequiel Becher and Gary D. Steinberg
Department of Urology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
Abstract
Non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is the most common form of bladder cancer, with frequent recurrences and risk of progression. Risk‐stratified treatment and surveillance protocols are often used to guide management. In 2017, BJUI reviewed guidelines on NMIBC from four major organizations: the American Urological Association/Society of Urological Oncology, the European Association of Urology, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The present update will review major changes in the guidelines and broadly summarize new recommendations for treatment of NMIBC in an era of bacillus Calmette‐Guérin shortage and immense novel therapy development.
