The role of the urinary microbiome in developing and course of bladder cancer remains a matter of debate. Previous investigations had primarily focused on comparing urine microbiome composition between patients with and without evidence of tumor, overlooking the specific alterations induced by the transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT).
1 Additionally, the unexplored territory of the tumor-associated microbiome remains understudied and its comparison to the microbiome detected in urine requires further studies, also regarding the urine method collection.
2,3 Our study addressed the changes in the urinary microbiome after transurethral resection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and the characteristics of tumor tissue microbiome.
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