title: How do we follow patients with Ta grade 1-111 bladder tumors in Denmark?
abstract: A questionnaire on the follow-up regimens for Ta grade I-III bladder tumors in Denmark was mailed to 54 urological and surgical departments. Reply rate was 87%. Most patients were followed in out-patient clinics. Transabdominal ultrasound of the bladder was used by 9% of the departments while 36% of the departments used urinary cytology. Seventy-seven percent of the departments routinely took selected site biopsies at the primary tumor resection while only 14 departments (30%) used selected site biopsies during the follow-up. Forty percent of the departments considered carcinoma in-situ and Ta grade III malignant and Ta grade I and II benign while 6% regarded all four categories as malignant. A guideline for characterization and surveillance of bladder tumor patients is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Randers County Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mommsen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olesen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*