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Bladder Cancer
Studies from Brigham and Women's Hospital reveal new findings on bladder cancer
June 30th, 2009
In this recent report published in the Journal of Urology, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the performance characteristics of computed tomographic (CT) urography for the detection of bladder cancer in patients at risk for the disease. Institutional review board approval was obtained for this retrospective HIPAA-compliant review of medical records of 2600 consecutive patients undergoing CT urography." "Of these, 838 CT urograms in 779 patients (449 men, mean age of 62 years, range of 27-92 years; 330 women, mean age of 56 years, range of 18-86 years) evaluated for hematuria or a history of urothelial cancer, who had undergone...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-30)
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