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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bladder Cancer 2019 edition by the Japanese Urological Association: Revision working position paper
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Hiroaki,
Shiraishi Koji,
Azuma Haruhito,
Inoue Keiji,
Uemura Hirotsugu,
Eto Masatoshi,
Ohyama Chikara,
Ogawa Osamu,
Kikuchi Eiji,
Kitamura Hiroshi,
Shinohara Nobuo,
Takahashi Satoru,
Tsuzuki Toyonori,
Nakagawa Masayuki,
Narumi Yoshifumi,
Nishiyama Hiroyuki,
Habuchi Tomonori,
Hinotsu Shiro,
Fujii Yasuhisa,
Fujimoto Kiyohide,
Fujimoto Hiroyuki,
Mizowaki Takashi,
Matsuyama Hideyasu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/iju.14210
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , cystectomy , grading (engineering) , position statement , clinical practice , cancer , oncology , general surgery , family medicine , engineering , civil engineering
The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bladder Cancer edited by the Japanese Urological Association were first published in 2009 and a revised edition was released in 2015. Four years has passed since the 2015 edition, and the clinical practice environment surrounding bladder cancer has drastically changed during that time. The main changes include: (i) insurance coverage of a new diagnostic method for non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer; (ii) insurance coverage of an immune checkpoint inhibitor in advanced and metastatic bladder cancer; and (iii) advances in robot‐assisted radical cystectomy as a minimally invasive treatment for muscle‐invasive bladder cancer. A paradigm shift in bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment is occurring day by day. Therefore, in this 2019 edition, while dealing with the above changes, we carefully selected clinical questions with clear evidence and included other clinically important points in the general statement. We also added a new chapter on rare cancers of the urinary tract. As a new method for the evaluation of study evidence level, we introduce “The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation” system modified to Japanese by the Medical Information Network Distribution Service.