TURBT, also known as Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor, is a non-invasive endoscopic procedure. Most healthcare specialists use it as the first-line approach to diagnose, stage, and treat bladder cancer. The prevalence of bladder cancer is as much as four times more in men than women.

In around 70% of bladder cancer cases, the cancer is non-muscle-invasive (NMIBC). It means that cancer has not penetrated the muscle wall. TURBT allows your doctor to obtain a biopsy of your tumor (outgrowth) or remove the entire mass from your bladder while keeping the bladder intact.

A biopsy is a medical procedure where your doctor removes a sample of tissue from the suspected area. During this procedure, your doctor is likely to remove any malignancy (cancerous growth) present there. It is called resectioning. The entire process of tumor (bladder) biopsy and resectioning is called TURBT.