title: [Bladder lavage cytology in the diagnosis and follow-up of superficial bladder cancer].
abstract: Classical mictional cytology (MC) has a series of widely recognized limitations for the diagnosis and follow-up of surface vesical carcinoma (SVC). A prospective study was conducted in 171 patients with suspected signs and symptoms or a background of SVC using cystoscopy, MC and vesical lavage cytology (LC). Overall sensitivity was 98.8%, 45.4% and 66.6% respectively. LC showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) when compared to MC in suspected disease with no SVC background, and follow-up with endovesical prophylaxis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio y Cátedra de Urología, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Barcelona.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llopis
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Vendrell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvarez Vijande
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mallafré
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cardesa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carretero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology
vernacular_title: La citología del lavado vesical en el diagnóstico y seguimiento del cáncer vesical superficial.