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Bladder Cancer
Data on bladder cancer detailed by researchers at Yamaguchi University
April 28th, 2009
According to a study from Yamaguchi, Japan, "To determine candidates for bladder biopsies among Japanese primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients according to the risk of concomitant carcinoma in situ (CIS). Between January 1992 and August 2006, 173 primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer cases underwent transurethral resection of the bladder tumor with bladder biopsies for the detection of CIS." "Correlations between biopsy results and preoperative/pathological features were retrospectively analyzed. Positive cytology was statistically associated with the presence of concomitant CIS in multivariate analysis (P < 0.01). Abnormal cystoscopic appearance...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-28)
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