Urinary cytology in bladder cancer: why is it still relevant?

Comploj, Evi; Trenti, Emanuela; Palermo, Salvatore; Pycha, Armin; Mian, Christine

doi:10.5301/uro.5000129

Urinary cytology in bladder cancer: why is it still relevant?

Abstract

Bladder carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract and cystoscopy with cytology is currently considered the gold standard for the detection and surveillance of primary tumors and for the follow-up of patients after transurethral resection.

Even if cytology has a low sensitivity especially in low-grade bladder carcinomas, the high specificity and the inexpensive nature of the equipment required, justify performing it.

The greatest value of cytology for patients with low-grade, nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is the detection of those lesions that may progress to high-grade urothelial carcinoma.

Urologia 2015; 82(4): 203 - 205

Article Type: REVIEW

Article Subject: BLADDER NEOPLASMS/neoplasie vescicali

DOI:10.5301/uro.5000129

Authors

Evi Comploj, Emanuela Trenti, Salvatore Palermo, Armin Pycha, Christine Mian

Article History

• Accepted on 08/06/2015
• Available online on 15/07/2015
• Published in print on 02/12/2015

Disclosures

Financial support: The authors have no financial disclosures to make.

Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest.

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Authors

Comploj, Evi [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1, * Corresponding Author ([email protected])
Trenti, Emanuela [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
Palermo, Salvatore [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
Pycha, Armin [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 1
Mian, Christine [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2

Affiliations

1 Department of Urology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano - Italy
2 Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano - Italy

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