TURBT, or transurethral resection of bladder tumor, is a common, minimally invasive outpatient procedure used to diagnose, stage, and treat bladder cancer. Skip to main content .

Second-look TURBT showed limited value in altering outcomes for high-grade Ta bladder cancer after complete resection.

TURBT is the main treatment for non muscle invasive bladder cancer. You usually have this operation as your first treatment. TURBT can also diagnose bladder cancer and find out whether the cancer has ...

The main treatment for stage 0 cancer is transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). TURBT involves inserting a thin instrument, called a resectoscope, up the urethra and into the bladder to ...

This approach to initial staging made it possible for about 17% of patients to safely skip TURBT, said Nicholas D. James, PhD, of the Institute of Cancer Research in London, and colleagues.

Filbeck et al. demonstrated the most impressive data on the positive effect of PDD on bladder tumors. After conventional TURBT, tumors remained in over 25% of cases, whereas after fluorescence ...

Types of Urothelial Carcinoma. Most urothelial carcinoma stays in the lining of the bladder. There are different types of urothelial carcinoma based on how the cancer grows and where it goes.

Histologic comparisons between biopsy and TURBT specimens confirmed tumor grade in 67% of cases, with some upgrading at TURBT. SHOW MORE Among patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer, ...

And those with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, are usually offered a transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT) – a surgical procedure that removes tumours from the bladder.