Comparison of fluorescence in situ hybridization -FISH- and conventional cytology for early detection of urothelial carcinoma
Nadina Erill 1, Anna Colomer 1, Míriam Gorriz 1,2, Naim Hannaoui 3, Ruth Román 1, Maria Conangla 2, Josep M Banús 3, Carlos Cordon-Cardo 4, Xavier Puig 1,2.
1BIOPAT, Grup Assistència, Barcelona, Spain; 2HISTOPAT Laboratoris, Barcelona, Spain; 3Institut Català d’Urologia i Nefrologia, ICUN; Barcelona, Spain; and 4Division of Molecular Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Bladder tumors have a high recurrence rate, so treated patients are followed for detection of potential new lesions. Cystoscopy and cytology have been the standard […]