Journal Article

Investigation on the current status of secondary transurethral resection for bladder cancer among Chinese urologists and construction of an acceptance prediction model

Sun, Shengkun, Liu, Xianjun, Yang, Shujun, Wang, Hengen

2025

Overview

Objective Through the investigation of the current situation of bladder cancer secondary electrotomy performed by urologists in China, it provides reference for further improvement and improvement of diagnosis and treatment norms. Methods From September 3, 2023 to October 7, 2023, questionnaires compiled by researchers were distributed and collected from urologists across the country in the form of electronic questionnaires through the questionnaire Star platform; The questionnaire data were exported online using SPSS 26.0 software (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) and R language (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, Austria). Version 4.2.1) for data analysis. Count data were described by percentages, and comparisons between groups were made by chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. Logistic regression was used to screen out the influencing factors related to the status of secondary electrotomy for bladder cancer performed by Chinese urologists and to construct a predictive model for the column-line diagram. ROC curves, calibration curves, and DCA curves were plotted to evaluate the model and validate its efficacy. Results A total of 514 valid questionnaires were returned. 77.2% (397/514) of the physicians interviewed were from tertiary care hospitals. 21.2% (109/514) were from secondary care hospitals. The acceptance rate of secondary electrosurgical resection of bladder cancer among Chinese urologists was 87.74%, with 12.26% still opposed to the procedure.The majority of respondents believed that secondary electroresection could be performed if the indications recommended by the guidelines were met (75%), while a significant number felt that the initial electroresection was complete and did not require a second (37.74%), or they decided whether to perform a secondary electroresection based on their clinical experience (40.27%). Conclusion Survey results indicate that secondary transurethral resection enhances staging accuracy, eliminates residual lesions, and decreases recurrence and progression rates. However, it serves as a means to compensate for shortcomings in the initial resection. Advances in NMIBC treatment techniques assist in reducing or avoiding the need for secondary transurethral resection in bladder cancer cases. This study is the first to develop a predictive model for Chinese urologists’ acceptance of secondary transurethral resection for bladder cancer and analyzes their perspectives on the procedure, offering a reference for future research.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,BMC
• Subject: Analysis / BCG / BCG vaccines / Bladder cancer / Cancer / Care and treatment / China / Current status survey / Diseases / East Asian People / Electrosurgery - methods / Electrosurgery - statistics & numerical data / Female / Hospitals / Humans / Information management / Internal Medicine / Investigations / Male / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Middle Aged / Oncology, Experimental / Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data / Predictive modeling / Questionnaire survey / Re-TURBT / Relapse / Secondary transurethral resection / Surgery / Surveys and Questionnaires / Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery / Urologists - statistics & numerical data / Urology