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Bladder Cancer
New bladder cancer study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Alabama
June 16th, 2009
"Distinguishing bladder muscularis propria from muscularis mucosae can be problematic especially in transurethral resection specimens performed for bladder carcinoma. Moreover, bladder carcinoma can be associated with a proliferative/desmoplastic myofibroblastic response that can resemble smooth muscle and potentially lead to overdiagnosis of muscularis propria invasion," scientists writing in the journal Modern Pathology report. "The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of immunohistochemistry in staging bladder carcinoma by evaluating the expression of different markers in myofibroblasts and nonvascular smooth muscle cells in 15 cases of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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