Bladder Pathology

The human urinary bladder is subject to a unique and extraordinarily diverse array of congenital, inflammatory, metaplastic, and neoplastic abnormalities.  This book provides contemporary, comprehensive, and evidence-based practice information for pathologists, urologists, oncologists, and other medical professionals.

In Bladder Pathology, a full spectrum of pathologic conditions that afflict the bladder and urothelium are described and lavishly illustrated. With its emphasis on diagnostic criteria and differential diagnoses, this book is of particular value to practicing pathologists?assisting in the pathologist?s recognition, understanding, and accurate interpretation of the light microscopic findings in bladder specimens.

Features and benefits of this new volume include:
? 1,741 high-quality, color illustrations and 112 tables to illustrate the wide range of pathologic and clinical features in the urinary tract
? An evidence-based approach to diagnosis and patient management for infectious, nonneoplastic, and
neoplastic conditions
? Recent advances in the molecular genetics of the urinary bladder with discussion of their current or
potential impact on diagnosis and personalized patient care
? With emphasis on the scientific validation of current diagnostic methods and their direct application in clinical practice, Bladder Pathology is a cutting-edge resource that not only offers comprehensive research and  clinical information for practicing surgical pathologists, urologists, oncologists, and their clinical colleagues, but also captures a genuine sense of excitement about recent advances in this vital, ever-evolving field.

1. Normal Anatomy and Histology

2. Inflammatory and Infectious Conditions

3. Urothelial Metaplasia and Hyperplasia

4. Polys and Other Non-Neoplastic Benign Conditions

5. Benign Epithelial Tumors

6. Flat Urothelial Lesions with Atypia and Urothelial Dysplasia

7. Urothelial Carcinoma in Situ

8. Bladder Cancer: General Features

9. Grading of Bladder Cancer

10. State pT1 Urothelial Carcinoma

11. Staging of Bladder Cancer

12. Histologic Variants of Urothelial Carcinoma

13. Adenocarcinoma and Its Putative Precursors and Variants

14. Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Other Squamous Lesions

15. Neuroendocrine Tumors

16. Sarcomatoid Carcinoma (Carcinosarcoma)

17. Bladder Tumors with Inverted Growth

18. Congenital Disorders and Pediatric Pathology

19. Soft Tissue Tumors

20. Lymphoid and Hematopoeitic Tumors

21. Urothelial Carcinoma Following Augmentation Cystoplasty

22. Other Rare Tumors

23. Secondary Tumors

24. Treatment Effects

25. Handling and Reporting of Bladder Specimens

26. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry

27. Pathology of the Urachus

28. Pathology of Renal Pelvis, Ureter, and Urethra

29. Molecular Determinants of Tumor Recurrence

30. Urinary Cytology

31. Evaluation of Hematuria and Urianalysis

32. Urine Based Biomarkers

33. Tissue Based Biomarkers

34. Molecular Pathology of Bladder Cancer.

Liang Cheng, MD, PhD,?is Professor of Pathology and Urology, Chief of the Genitourinary Pathology Division, and Director of Molecular Diagnostics Service and Molecular Pathology Laboratory in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Cheng has several best-selling books to his name, as well as over 200 peer-reviewed original research articles.

Antonio Lopez-Beltran, MD, is Professor of Anatomic Pathology in the Departments of Anatomic Pathology and Surgery at Cordoba University School of Medicine in Cordoba, Spain. Among Dr. Lopez-Beltran's many honors and publishing accomplishments, he co-wrote "The 2004 WHO Classification of Bladder Tumors: A Summary and Commentary," which set the current international standard for classifying and staging bladder tumors.

David G. Bostwick, MD, MBA, is Past President of the International Society of Urological Pathology, and several years ago left academic medicine to found his highly successful laboratory medicine company, Bostwick Laboratories, of which he is Chief Medical Officer and President. Dr. Bostwick, based in Richmond, Virginia, is one of the top names in urologic pathology, with several best-selling text- and reference books to his credit.