Korean J Urol.  1990 Feb;31(1):48-51.

The Diagnostic Value of Urine Cytology in Bladder Cancer

• Choi YL
• Hong SJ
• Lee MS

Abstract

Urine cytology is widely used on early diagnosis and follow up of bladder cancer, diagnosis of carcinoma in situ. and screening test of high risk group. We evaluated the record of 72 consecutive cases of bladder cancer in recent 5 years and following results were obtained according to various analysis. 1. There were 50 positive tests of 72 cases of bladder cancer( 69.4%). 2. The frequency of positive test in high grade was much higher than in low grade( 94.1 :47.4%) 3. The frequency of positive test in high stage was much higher than in low stage(86.8:51.5%)

Keyword

bladder tumor; urine cytology; diagnosis

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma in Situ
Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis
Mass Screening
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms*
Urinary Bladder*