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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 258 |
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Re: Outcome of second-look transurethral resection of bladder tumors for T1 bladder cancer: A five-year
Wen-Hsin Tseng1, Alex Chien-Hwa Liao1, Steven K Huang1, Chien-Liang Liu2
1 Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2 Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Chi Mei Medical Center; Department of Surgery, Division of Uro-Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
| Date of Web Publication | 3-Sep-2018 |
Correspondence Address:
Alex Chien-Hwa Liao
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan
Taiwan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/UROS.UROS_99_18
How to cite this article:
Tseng WH, Liao AC, Huang SK, Liu CL. Re: Outcome of second-look transurethral resection of bladder tumors for T1 bladder cancer: A five-year. Urol Sci 2018;29:258 |
How to cite this URL:
Tseng WH, Liao AC, Huang SK, Liu CL. Re: Outcome of second-look transurethral resection of bladder tumors for T1 bladder cancer: A five-year. Urol Sci [serial online] 2018 [cited 2023 May 28];29:258. Available from: https://www.e-urol-sci.com/text.asp?2018/29/5/258/240364 |
Dear Editor,
We wish to express our utmost gratitude to the readers. We know that bladder cancer is multifocal, with a high recurrence rate. Therefore, the NCCN guidelines and EAU guidelines all strongly advise repeat transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) for T1 bladder urothelial carcinoma.[1],[2] There are many reports showing that pathological stage of the tumor was underestimated in 9%–49% of patients with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer after thefirst TURBT, especially in patients with T1 bladder cancer.[3] The rate of occurrence of residual tumor of T1 bladder cancer from second-look TURBT was 18% in our Chi Mei Medical Center, and this residual tumor rate is relatively low, in comparison with other published studies between 32.9% and 77.6%.[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10] Second-look TURBT is a useful tool for early diagnosis of residual tumors and restaging, which could help us in deciding the subsequent treatment step if tumor was found. Thanks for the comments.
Financial support and sponsorship
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Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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