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Bladder Cancer
Studies from University of Florida, Medical Department reveal new findings on bladder cancer
April 7th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Bladder cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed malignancy in the United States and one of the most prevalent worldwide. It harbors a probability of recurrence of > 50%; thus, rigorous, long-term surveillance of patients is advocated." "Flexible cystoscopy coupled with voided urine cytology is the primary diagnostic approach, but cystoscopy is an uncomfortable, invasive procedure and the sensitivity of voided urine cytology is poor in all but high-grade tumors. Thus, improvements in noninvasive urinalysis assessment strategies would benefit patients. We applied gene expression microarray analysis to exfoliated...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-07)
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