Bladder Cancer

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 984 ◽  
Author(s):  
_ _
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Urinary Bladder Cancer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Goals ◽  
Metastatic Lesions ◽  
Common Cancer ◽  
Age Of Diagnosis ◽  
Recent Version

An estimated 61,420 new cases of urinary bladder cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2006, making it the fourth most common cancer in men and the ninth most common neoplasm in women. Because the median age of diagnosis is 65 years, medical comorbidities are a frequent consideration. The clinical spectrum of bladder cancer can be divided into 3 categories: noninvasive tumors, invasive lesions, and metastatic lesions. These categories differ in prognosis, management, and therapeutic goals, and these guidelines discuss management strategies to achieve the best possible outcomes. For the most recent version of the guidelines, please visit NCCN.org

Hepatobiliary Cancers

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 728 ◽  
Author(s):  
_ _
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Biliary Tree ◽  
The United States ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Hepatobiliary Cancer ◽  
Common Cancer ◽  
Biliary Tract Malignancy ◽  
Recent Version ◽  
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinomas

Hepatobiliary cancers are common worldwide and highly lethal. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common hepatobiliary malignancy and the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Gallbladder cancer is the most common biliary tract malignancy, accounting for approximately 5000 newly diagnosed cases in the United States. Cholangiocarcinomas are diagnosed throughout the biliary tree and are usually classified as intrahepatic or extrahepatic. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas arise from intrahepatic small-duct radicals, whereas extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas encompass hilar carcinomas (including Klatskin's tumors). These guidelines discuss these subtypes of hepatobiliary cancer and the epidemiology, pathology, etiology, staging, diagnosis, and treatment of each subtype. For the most recent version of the guidelines, please visit NCCN.org

scholarly journals Development of Non-Invasive Biosensor Devices for the Detection of Bladder Cancer in Urine

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Sungyong Jung ◽  
Hyusim Park ◽  
Jayoung Kim ◽  
Sungyong Jung
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Short Review ◽  
The United States ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Device Development ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Common Cancer

Bladder cancer (BC) is the fourth most common malignant tumor in the United States. It is the second most common cancer of the urinary system, accounting for 7% of all new cancer cases. It is also the fifth deadliest cancer, accounting for 4% of all cancer-related deaths in the United States. Our efforts to reduce costs of BC diagnosis and improve patients’ quality of life by avoiding unnecessary invasive diagnostic tests resulted in findings of promising urinary biomarkers for the detection of BC. This short review article aims to provide the current status of non-invasive biosensor device development for detection of BC, in particular, in patients’ urine samples.

scholarly journals Morphologic characteristics of the urothelial bladder tumors

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
R. Radosavljevic ◽  
J. Hadzi-Djokic ◽  
M. Acimovic ◽  
T. Pejcic ◽  
C. Tulic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Premalignant Lesions ◽  
Bladder Tumors ◽  
Common Cancer ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Urothelial Bladder ◽  
Develop Bladder Cancer

Cancer of the urinary bladder is the fourth most common cancer in men and the ninth in women. Approximately 67.000 people (50.000 males and 17. 000 females) develop bladder cancer each year in the United States, and 13.750 individuals (9.630 males and 4.120 females) are expected to die from it. In the showing of the morphologic characteristics of the tumors, authors underlining the increasing of the incidence, pathogenesis, premalignant lesions and the risk factors of disease.

scholarly journals Racial Differences in Incident Genitourinary Cancer Cases Captured in the National Cancer Database

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 671
Author(s):  
Dylan T. Wolff ◽  
Thomas F. Monaghan ◽  
Danielle J. Gordon ◽  
Kyle P. Michelson ◽  
Tashzna Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
United States ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Kidney Cancer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coverage Rate ◽  
National Cancer Database ◽  
Genitourinary Cancer ◽  
Coverage Rates ◽  
Capture Rates

Background and Objectives: The National Cancer Database (NCDB) captures nearly 70% of all new cancer diagnoses in the United States, but there exists significant variation in this capture rate based on primary tumor location and other patient demographic factors. Prostate cancer has the lowest coverage rate of all major cancers, and other genitourinary malignancies likewise fall below the average NCDB case coverage rate. We aimed to explore NCDB coverage rates for patients with genitourinary cancers as a function of race. Materials and Methods: We compared the incidence of cancer cases in the NCDB with contemporary United States Cancer Statistics data. Results: Across all malignancies, American Indian/Alaskan Natives subjects demonstrated the lowest capture rates, and Asian/Pacific Islander subjects exhibited the second-lowest capture rates. Between White and Black subjects, capture rates were significantly higher for White subjects overall and for prostate cancer and kidney cancer in White males, but significantly higher for bladder cancer in Black versus White females. No significant differences were observed in coverage rates for kidney cancer in females, bladder cancer in males, penile cancer, or testicular cancer in White versus Black patients. Conclusions: Differential access to Commission on Cancer-accredited treatment facilities for racial minorities with genitourinary cancer constitutes a unique avenue for health equity research.

scholarly journals A FRESH LOOK AT KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES DURING THE CRISIS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marharyta Chepeliuk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
High Recovery ◽  
The Social ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Near Future

The pandemic has enhanced the social function of digital technologies and services. It is solely through digital technology that a massive shift to remote work has been possible during the most difficult period of the pandemic. All over the world, the philosophy of office work is changing, and there is a transition to permanent and conditional-permanent remote work. For example, Transport Canada is planning to move to telecommuting as a key employment model for its employees. In the near future, telecommuting will continue for most of the 6,000 employees in the agency. In China, widespread use of WeChat, Tencent, and Ding digital working applications began in late January 2020, when isolation measures were introduced. In Switzerland, COOVID-19 Remote Work and Study Resources provides free resources for remote operation and distance learning. Zoom and Google Meet videoconferencing, remote workplaces, and new social platforms run remote work almost immediately, and this trend is likely to continue after the lifting of the quarantine. Trends in staff employment worldwide are rather mixed. According to LinkedIn, it is possible to track changes in the employment rates of seven key economies – Australia, China, France, Italy, Singapore, Great Britain and United States. In France and Italy, the decline was more pronounced at -70% and -64.5% respectively by mid-April 2020. Since then, employment has been gradually recovering, and most of the seven key economies for which these figures have been analysed tend to change by 0 per cent year on year. By July 1, 2020, China, France, and the United States had seen the largest rebound in relative recruitment – -6% or -7%. At the end of September 2020, the countries with a high recovery in employment were China (22 per cent), Brazil (13 per cent), Singapore (8 per cent) and France (5 per cent). In these economies, hiring so far seems to compensate for months in which no new personnel have been recruited, indicating some stabilization of the labor market.

scholarly journals A Unified Effort to Fight an Enemy of Wheat and Barley: Fusarium Head Blight

Plant Disease ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 1712-1728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia McMullen ◽  
Gary Bergstrom ◽  
Erick De Wolf ◽  
Ruth Dill-Macky ◽  
Don Hershman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fusarium Head Blight ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Northern Great Plains ◽  
Head Blight ◽  
Food And Feed

Wheat and barley are critical food and feed crops around the world. Wheat is grown on more land area worldwide than any other crop. In the United States, production of wheat and barley contributes to domestic food and feed use, and contributes to the export market and balance of trade. Fifteen years ago, Plant Disease published a feature article titled “Scab of wheat and barley: A re-emerging disease of devastating impact”. That article described the series of severe Fusarium head blight (FHB) epidemics that occurred in the United States and Canada, primarily from 1991 through 1996, with emphasis on the unparalleled economic and sociological impacts caused by the 1993 FHB epidemic in spring grains in the Northern Great Plains region. Earlier publications had dealt with the scope and damage caused by this disease in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. Reviews published after 1997 further described this disease and its impact on North American grain production in the 1990s. This article reviews the disease and documents the information on U.S. FHB epidemics since 1997. The primary goal of this article is to summarize a sustained, coordinated, and collaborative research program that was put in place shortly after the 1993 epidemic, a program intended to quickly lead to improved management strategies and outreach implementation. This program serves as a model to deal with other emerging plant disease threats.

With Rigor

2019 ◽  
pp. 179-208
Author(s):  
Ira Helderman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Meditation Practice ◽  
Abraham Maslow ◽  
Therapeutic Goals ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact

In the adopting religion approaches to Buddhist traditions explicated in this chapter, clinicians actively and openly take up Buddhist teachings, practices, and identities. Instead of treating Buddhist traditions as resources for clinical work, therapists taking adopting religion approaches sometimes frame psychotherapies as resources to aid Buddhist communities. The chapter briefly surveys the impact this has on Buddhist communities in the United States, a number of which have been established by psychotherapists. Such approaches can appear to upend a hierarchy between the religious and not-religious as clinicians characterize therapy as merely a tool to, for example, clear psychological obstacles from meditation practice. This reversal can be traced back to humanistic and transpersonal therapists of the 1960s-1970s like Abraham Maslow who, critiquing secularity and “the medical model,” remade therapeutic goals to include the activation of “human potential.” While contemporary therapists who take adopting religion approaches could be defined as fully practicing religion (some describe their psychotherapies as new hybrid Buddhist schools), this arrangement of religious/not-religious also remains unstable: the specific Buddhist traditions they adopt can themselves be characterized as secularized forms, already bereft of features coded as more “conventionally” or “self-evidently” religious (merit-making practices, propitiation of deities, etc.).

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