Gina....Publication: Urology Times
Publication Date: 01-AUG-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Gebhart, Fred
Article Excerpt
Anaheim, CA -- A two-step transurethral resection (TURB) procedure in patients with superficial transitional bladder cancer, already part of practice guidelines in Germany, appears to improve patient outcomes by identifying positive tumor beds that may require a second TURB, according to findings from a Swiss study.
"These guidelines were put in place to give sufficient data for accurate staging of the tumor," Osama Shahin, MD, senior physician at the University Hospital Basel Urologic Clinic in Switzerland, told colleagues at the AUA annual meeting
I think with the major centers this is becomming routine to do a second TURB..but i have no idea what they are doing in the UK. A young uro doesn't mean a bad uro just one who hasn't seen a lot of this. Pat