Symptoms Control for Patients with Superficial Bladder Cancers Before and After TURBT and Intravesical Epirubicin Instillation

Urol Nurs. 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):31-5.

Abstract

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers among urologic cancers. Intravesical instillation following transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) is used as a treatment of bladder cancer. According to results of this study, before and after intravesical instillations following TURBT have no effect on symptom outcomes of patients with superficial bladder cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravesical
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / epidemiology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / therapy*
  • Cystoscopy / methods*
  • Depression / epidemiology
  • Epirubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Fatigue / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea / epidemiology
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Pain, Postoperative / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Period
  • Symptom Assessment
  • Turkey / epidemiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Epirubicin