Minimally Invasive Management of Urologic Oncology
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nephrology & Urology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2024) | Viewed by 2498
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, Universitá degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Interests: endourology; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; urothelial cancer; penile cancer; laparoscopic and robotic urological surgery; minimally invasive surgery; targeted therapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The management of urological cancers has dramatically changed in the last 20 years; with the introduction of several technological innovations and the refinement of minimally invasive techniques, surgical oncologic treatment algorithms have become more and more complex.
In fact, the role of major oncologic surgery, in most cases considered the gold standard for the treatment of localised urological neoplasms, has lately been downsized, with new organ-sparing options being recommended as the first-line treatment by international guidelines.
For example, radical nephroureterectomy has been traditionally considered the gold standard for the treatment of localised upper-tract urothelial cancer; with the advent of flexible ureteroscopy and new laser generators, low-risk UTUC is nowadays considered, as part of an endoscopic nephron-sparing approach.
The evolution of imaging has also had a crucial role in enhancing targeted and minimally invasive treatments, such as multiparametric MRI allowing for focal ablation of prostate cancer lesions; focal treatment indications have also been expanding for small renal masses.
The refinement of robotic surgery has contributed to the lower morbidity of major surgery, such as the spread of robotic-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urine diversion.
Finally, minimally invasive management is focused on reducing the risk of major salvage surgery: this is the case for glycosamineglycans replacement instillations, the effect of which in reducing the risk of radiation cystitis progression and salvage cystectomy has been shown in increasing numbers of recent studies.
In this Special Issue of JCM, we aim to publish up-to-date reports on the new challenges in uro-oncology under the motto of “less is more”.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Sanguedolce
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- robotic surgery
- laparoscopic surgery
- endourology
- prostate cancer
- urothelial cancer
- renal cancer
- penile cancer
- technology
- minimally invasive surgery
- ablative treatment
- imaging
- targeted therapy
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