title: Home screening for hematuria: results of a multiclinic study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Messing
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Roecker
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hisgen
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kuglitsch
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wegenke
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips