Reply to Arnulf Stenzl, Morgan Rouprêt, J. Alfred Witjes, Paolo Gontero. High-quality Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour Needs Additional Forms of Tumour Delineation. Eur Urol 2023;83:193–4

Rakesh Heer*, Wei Shen Tan, Paul Gravestock, Thenmalar Vadiveloo, Rebecca Lewis, Steven Penegar, Luke Vale, Graeme MacLennan, Emma Hall, PHOTO Trial Team

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Abstract

The Platinum Opinion by Stenzl et al. [1] in European Urology, as well as the Words of Wisdom by de Angelis et al. [2], brings a welcome discussion on the role of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD)-guided transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) in non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) on the basis of our recently published PHOTO trial [3]. The seminal finding from PHOTO was that at 3 yr, there was no difference in the rate of recurrence between PDD and white light (WL) resection groups. However, there are several points raised by Stenzl et al. [1] and de Angelis et al. [2] that require clarification.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)309-312
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Urology
Volume85
Issue number3
Early online date15 Jun 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

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Funding/Support and role of the sponsor: PHOTO was sponsored by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and coordinated by the Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit at The Institute of Cancer Research. Data management and statistical analyses were conducted by the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials at the University of Aberdeen. Cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted by the Health Economics Group at Newcastle University. This project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and has been published in full in the Health Technology Assessment journal ( https://doi.org/10.3310/plpu1526 ). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. Further project information is available on the NIHR Journals Library website ( https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/#/ ).

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