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Urologic Cancers

This site is a resource for urologic cancer related information pertaining to diagnosis, staging, treatment options, specialists, investigational studies and current research. It is intended for patients and health professionals, alike.

Urologic Cancers comprise:

• bladder
  
  
• kidneys
  
  
• prostate
  
  
• testes

Getting Diagnosed / Treatment

These cancer types are treated at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center's Multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Clinic as part of the Urologic Oncology Program.

Read about the Multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Team - note: this link opens onto the UMHS website.

Research and Clinical Trials

Research into the causes of urologic cancers, and improvements in treatment and quality of life are conducted by the Urologic Oncology Research Program, whose efforts are discussed in the Research, Discovery & Progress. In addition, there is a Prostate Specialized Project of Research Excellence, or SPORE, that is focused on prostate cancer.

Clinical trials
Read about Urologic Oncology's featured clinical trial.

 

last update: 11/07

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