title: Surveillance of an at risk population: assessment of postal urine cytology.
abstract: The urine postal cytology kit Urotel was assessed against our standard cytological method; 184 patients attending for routine surveillance cystourethroscopy provided free flow urine specimens. The urine cytology was reported blind. Comparison of the 2 tests showed similar specificity but significantly higher sensitivity with the Urotel kit. These kits may have a place in the surveillance of patients at high risk of recurrent tumour or those with carcinoma in situ, reducing the frequency of hospital attendance.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery/Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cumming
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Macintyre
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Hargreave
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011177:Postal Service; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012306:Risk; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D013548:Sweden; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic