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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS > TREATMENT GUIDELINES > SPECIFIC CANCERS > BLADDERUK treatment guidelines - Bladder cancer
- Management of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (85) - SIGN, December 2005
- Guidance on laparoscopic cystectomy of the urinary bladder - NICE, December 2003
- Cancer service guidance: Improving outcomes in urological cancers - NICE, September 2002
- Evaluation of Urinary Tract Malignancy (Bladder Cancer) Screening against NSC Criteria - NSC, 2002
- Prodigy Guidance: Urological Cancer – suspected
Management of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (85) - SIGN, December 2005
Publisher: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), December 2005.
Purpose: An overview of a wide range of issues: prevention, referral, staging, treatment options, palliative care, and support needs.
Can be obtained from: the SIGN website at www.sign.ac.uk
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Guidance on laparoscopic cystectomy of the urinary bladder - NICE, December 2003
Produced by: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), December 2003
Purpose: NICE has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on laparoscopic cystectomy.
Can be obtained from: The full guidance and patient information is available to download from the NICE website.
Link to website: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG26
Cancer service guidance: Improving outcomes in urological cancers - NICE, September 2002
Produced by: NICE, National Institute for Clinical Excellence. September 2002.
Purpose: Service Guidance for the NHS in England and Wales. Provides recommendations about the organisation and delivery of urological cancer services.
Can be obtained from: Copies of this document can be obtained from the NHS Response Line by telephoning 0870 1555455 and quoting reference N0138. Bilingual information for the public has been published, reference N0139, and a CD with all documentation including the research evidence on which the guidance is based is also available.
Link to website: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/csguc
Evaluation of Urinary Tract Malignancy (Bladder Cancer) Screening against NSC Criteria - NSC, 2002
Produced by: UK National Screening Committee 2002 (to be reviewed 2007/8)
Purpose: Bladder cancer screening is assessed against the National Screening Committee's criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme.
Can be obtained from: UK National Screening Committee website at www.nsc.nhs.uk
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or via the National Library for Health at: www.library.nhs.uk/screening/viewResource.aspx?catID=1340&dg=107&resID=60466
Prodigy Guidance: Urological Cancer – suspected
Produced by: Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle
Purpose: This guidance is a direct implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s guideline Referral guidelines for suspected cancer: urological cancer.
Can be obtained from: The NHS National Library for Health: Clinical Knowledge Summaries website.
Link to website: www.cks.library.nhs.uk/urological_cancer_suspected/view_whole_guidance
Content last reviewed: 08 June 2007
Page last modified: 08 June 2007
Page last modified: 08 June 2007