Bladder-sparing protocols are available for patients who cannot or prefer not to receive surgery and include maximal transurethral resection of the bladder (TURBT). Avolio et al. evaluated the effect ...

Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer experienced safe medical and surgical treatment with the NURE-combo.

Param Mariappan, MBBS, FRCS(Urol), Ph.D. Prashant Patel, MBBS, MS, FRCSEd, FRCSEd (Urol), Ph.D. Param Mariappan and Prashant Patel join Ashish Kamat and discuss transurethral resection of bladder ...

Transurethral resection of bladder tumor; WL: White-light. Accumulation of protoporphyrin IX in tumor cells after instillation of the photodynamic substance in the bladder before TURBT leads to ...

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is a type of bladder cancer where the tumor remains confined to the bladder's ...

Repeat TURBT can provide palliation ... The critical factor for the success of any treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the elderly is patient selection. Despite the apparent benefits ...

1 “There has been an increasing trend of utilizing organ-preserving therapies in the management of bladder cancer over the past decades. TMT [tri-modal therapy], including [transurethral resection of ...

For intermediate and high-risk patients, the standard approach involves Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) followed by BCG immunotherapy. Regular monitoring through cystoscopy is ...

From review of the currently available trial evidence, several clinical recommendations for bladder tumor management become apparent. Transurethral resection should be done, but this procedure is ...

Patients were stratified by visible residual disease at transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT; complete vs incomplete or ≤3 cm) and tumor stage at time of MIBC diagnosis (cT2 vs cT3 to cT4a) ...