Editing Bladder Cancer: Diagnosis and Evaluation (section)

=== Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) ===
* '''See [[Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour]] Chapter Notes'''
*Patients found to have a bladder tumour should undergo initial TURBT for diagnostic confirmation and pathological evaluation
*'''An adequate TURBT requires complete resection of all visible tumor with adequate sampling of the bladder to assess the depth of invasion'''
** '''Initial TURBT aims for complete tumour resection + sampling of the underlying detrusor muscle''' as the first step of curative-intent treatment of NMIBC
*** Sampling of detrusor muscle is an important quality indicator (in tumours other than PUNLMP, LG Ta, and CIS), and its absence is associated with risk of under-staging, residual disease, and recurrence
*** '''Patients with presumed TaLG or CIS might be spared from muscle sampling at initial TURBT'''