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National Collaborating Centre for Cancer (UK). Bladder Cancer: Diagnosis and Management. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2015 Feb. (NICE Guideline, No. 2.)

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Appendix CAbbreviations

5-FU

5-Fluorouracil

BCG

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

CIS

Carcinoma in situ

CNS

Clinical Nurse Specialist

CT

Computed tomography

CTU

Computed tomography urography

EORTC

European organisation for research and treatment of cancer

FDG

Fluorodeoxyglucose

FISH

Fluorescence in situ hybridisation

G-CSF

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor

GFR

Glomerular filtration rate

GRADE

Grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation

HDMVAC

High dose methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cisplatin

HRQoL

Health related quality of life

ICER

Incremental cost effectiveness ratio

IVU

Intravenous urography

LETR

Linking Evidence to Recommendations

MDT

Multidisciplinary team

MIBC

Muscle invasive bladder cancer

MMC

Mitomycin C

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

MVAC

Methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cisplatin

NBI

Narrow-band imaging

NCPES

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey

NMIBC

Non muscle invasive bladder cancer

NMP22

Nuclear matrix protein 22

PCG

Paclitaxel ,cisplatin, gemcitabine

PCN

Percutaneous nephrostomy

PDD

Photodynamic diagnosis

PET

Positron emission tomography

PUNLMP

Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential

QALY

Quality adjusted life years

QoL

Quality of Life

QUADAS

Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

SMDT

Specialist multidisciplinary team

TCC

Transitional cell carcinoma

TUR

Transurethral resection

TURBT

Transurethral resection of bladder tumour

WLC

White light cystoscopy

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