Open AccessPredictive factors for residual tumor and tumor upstaging on relook transurethral resection of bladder tumor in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Author(s) -
Tejpal S Gill,
Ranjit Kumar Das,
Supratim Basu,
Ranjan Kumar Dey,
Subrata Kumar Mitra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.140990
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder tumor , bladder cancer , resection , urology , cancer , surgery
Relook transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) improves the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of primary TURBT. However, it is still not established as to which category of patients would benefit most from this repeat invasive procedure.