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Pathological Staging, Grading, and Classifi Cation of Bladder Cancer

Ferhat Keser (Author), Gozde Kir (Author)

Release Date: 2024-05-28

The tumor, node, metastasis classification is used in the staging of bladder cancer. Although it is not yet included in current urology guidelines, the prognostic significance of the T1 substaging has been suggested in many studies. The grading of bladder cancer uses the World Health Organization’s 1973 and 2004/2022 classifications, new classifications formed by their [...]

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The tumor, node, metastasis classification is used in the staging of bladder cancer. Although it is not yet included in current urology guidelines, the prognostic significance of the T1 substaging has been suggested in many studies. The grading of bladder cancer uses the World Health Organization’s 1973 and 2004/2022 classifications, new classifications formed by their combination are currently favored. Carcinoma in situ and lymphovascular invasion are important entities in recurrence and progression. According to the WHO guidelines, urothelial carcinoma’s morphological diversity is classified into 10 subtypes, and it is suggested to report the ratio of divergent differentiation and/or histological variants.

Ferhat Keser (Author)
MD, Sancaktepe Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-6481
3Ferhat Keser completed his undergraduate education at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine between 2007 and 2013. He started his professional career in September 2013 as a general practitioner at Sultanbeyli State Hospital Emergency Department and served in this position until June 2015. In July 2016, he started working as a resident in the Department of Urology at Istanbul Medeniyet University and received the title of Urology Specialist in September 2022. He worked as a Urology Specialist at Yüksekova State Hospital from October 2022 to December 2023. In April 2024, he was appointed as a Urology Specialist to Sancaktepe Martyr Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, where he currently serves. In June 2023, he received the title of Fellow of the European Board of Urology. He has twenty-two articles, sixty-two congress presentations, and four congress presentation awards, three of which are for best presentation, in the field of urology.

Gozde Kir (Author)
Istanbul Medeniyet University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-9824
3Gozde Kir is currently the Professor of Pathology at Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine. She was the director of the Pathology Department of the Umraniye Education and Research Hospital (Istanbul) between 2005 and 2015. Gozde Kir has her expertise on Gynecological pathology and Uropathology. Her areas of particular interest include prediction of prostate cancer prognosis, prediction of progression following radical prostatectomy, neoplastic diseases involving the female genital tract and gynecological cytology. She has published 90 peer-reviewed articles.

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