Surgery for advanced bladder cancer includes transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) to remove tumors and cystectomy to remove all or part of the bladder, with the choice depending on the ...

A TURBT allows examination beyond the bladder. A transurethral resection of bladder tumor allows examination and determination of histology, depth of invasion, and involvement beyond the bladder. I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transurethral resection of bladder tumor plus systemic therapy induced clinical complete response among a large ...

En bloc resection is a viable alternative to conventional TURBT, even possibly for large NMIBC and regardless of tumor location. En bloc resection of bladder tumor outperforms transurethral resection ...

EORTC GUCG 2418 - STARBURST: Strategies for treatment adaptation following re-evaluation of the bladder after using primary neoadjuvant systemic therapies—An EORTC platform trial. This is an ASCO ...

Bladder cancer is a complex disease that poses high risks of morbidity and mortality, especially when not treated optimally. Hematuria is the most common presenting symptom in patients with bladder ...

Bladder cancer is a highly prevalent disease and is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality and cost. Environmental or occupational exposures to carcinogens, especially tobacco, are the main ...

In a trial of low-grade Ta bladder cancer, photocoagulation was noninferior to standard TURBT in maintaining recurrence-free survival. Office-based laser photocoagulation provides 12-month ...

Bladder cancer is mainly urothelial carcinoma, with non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive types, and smoking as a key risk factor. Diagnosis involves cystoscopy, biopsy, urine cytology, and imaging ...

Using multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) before surgery reduced time to correct treatment by 45 days for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. The imaging procedure was successful for over 92% of ...

Fulguration is an electrosurgery. It uses heat from an electrical current to destroy atypical tissue areas. Healthcare professionals often use it to treat early stage bladder cancer, but they can use ...