Overview
A database has been created and will be used in which data will be collected in electronic format relating to adult patients who underwent one of the following endoscopic resection surgeries: TURBK, MAPPING, TURBK SECOND LOOK, BLADDER BIOPSIES.
Description
Each patient will be followed for approximately 10 years starting from the date of surgery. The patient may be contacted for yearly follow-up through one of the preferred methods indicated (phone call, email or home address) which will be carried out by the staff of the Urology Department. The data for each patient will then be transferred to the database itself. The data collected will be handled follwing the most strict GCPs and privacy norms.
The data entered will concern:
- period before hospitalization (symptoms, clinical data) and completion of a pre-surgery questionnaire
- hospitalization period with all its related data
- questionnaires relating to quality of life which will be administered to the patient once a year according to the preferred method expressed by the patient in the informed consent.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- Patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
- Indication to cancer removal through endoscopic resection surgery
- Ability to read and sign the informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18 years
- Inability to read and sign the informed consent