The Diagnostic Value of Urine Cytology in Bladder Cancer.
- Author:
Young Lahk CHOI
1
;
Sung Joo HONG
;
Min Sung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, National Medicine Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
bladder tumor;
urine cytology;
diagnosis
- MeSH:
Carcinoma in Situ;
Diagnosis;
Early Diagnosis;
Mass Screening;
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms*;
Urinary Bladder*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1990;31(1):48-51
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Urine cytology is widely used on early diagnosis and follow up of bladder cancer, diagnosis of carcinoma in situ. and screening test of high risk group. We evaluated the record of 72 consecutive cases of bladder cancer in recent 5 years and following results were obtained according to various analysis. 1. There were 50 positive tests of 72 cases of bladder cancer( 69.4%). 2. The frequency of positive test in high grade was much higher than in low grade( 94.1 :47.4%) 3. The frequency of positive test in high stage was much higher than in low stage(86.8:51.5%)
