Evaluating the efficacy of secondary transurethral resection of the bladder for high-grade Ta tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The need for secondary transurethral resection of the bladder (re-TURB) in patients with high-grade Ta tumors has not been assessed. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of patients with high-grade Ta tumors who did and did not undergo re-TURB.

Materials and methods

This study used data from the Seoul National University Prospectively Enrolled Registry for Urothelial Cancer-Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection (SUPER-UC-TURB). Patients with high-grade Ta tumors who underwent TURB between March 2016 and December 2019 were included. Following the initial TURB, if the pathology results showed a tumor grade higher than high-grade Ta, re-TURB was performed according to the surgeon's recommendation. The recurrence-free survival rate was assessed by Kaplan-Meier analys

SUBMITTER: Lee K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8756150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature