Home screening for hematuria: results of a multiclinic study.
The majority of urinary tract tumors cause bleeding in the urine. A program designed to detect hematuria before it is grossly apparent may contribute to earlier detection and more successful treatment of these malignancies. To test this hypothesis a hematuria home screening study was conducted. A total of 1,340 healthy men 50 years old or older used chemical reagent strips for 14 consecutive days to test the urine. Of the men 283 (21.1%) had at least 1 episode of hematuria. Of the 192 hematuria positive men who received a complete urological evaluation 16 (8.3%) had urological cancers and 47 (24.5%) had other hematuria-causing diseases that required immediate treatment. The quantity and frequency of hematuria were not related to disease severity. A hematuria home screening regimen is feasible and economical, and may promote the early detection of urinary tract cancers and other diseases in men more than 50 years old.
Messing
E M
EM
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison.
Young
T B
TB
Hunt
V B
VB
Roecker
E B
EB
Vaillancourt
A M
AM
Hisgen
W J
WJ
Greenberg
E B
EB
Kuglitsch
M E
ME
Wegenke
J D
JD
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006417:Hematuria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011934:Reagent Strips; D012648:Self Care; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
D011934:Reagent Strips