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Bladder Cancer
Recent findings from Yamaguchi University highlight research in bladder cancer
March 24th, 2009
According to a study from Yamaguchi, Japan, "To evaluate discrepancies in the detection of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-resistant bladder cancer by cystoscopy, bladder biopsy and urinary cytology. Between January 1992 and August 2006, 127 bladder cancer patients underwent a cycle of eight weekly BCG instillations." "Four weeks after the last BCG instillation, urinary cytological analysis and cystoscopy with targeted biopsy in addition to eight-nine selected-site biopsies were performed. Biopsy-proven cancer was found in 11/27 (40.7%), 5/42 (11.9%), and 11/58 (19.0%) of positive, suspicious, and negative cytology cases, respectively. Abnormal and normal cystoscopic...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-24)
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